HUGO (Victor). L'Homme qui rit. Paris: Librairie internationale; Brussels, Leipzig, Livorno: A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie, 1869. - 4 volumes in-8, dark blue half-maroquin with corners, gilt filets, smooth spine decorated, untrimmed (Dodé). First edition of the last of Victor Hugo's great novels of exile. In this dark and daring work, Victor Hugo paints an epic picture of the English aristocracy at the beginning of the 18th century through the destiny of Gwynplaine, the man who laughs, and settles his accounts with his century, highlighting the fact that after three revolutions, ignorance, misery and injustice persist. This novel is in line with Les Misérables, both of which reflect the social concerns that made Victor Hugo a politician. ONE OF THE VERY RARE EXAMPLES ON HOLLAND PAPER, preserved at full margins and perfectly bound by Dodé. The covers have not been preserved, there is only a part of the spines of volumes 2, 3 and 4 . THE MAN WHO LAUGHS. New Novel of Victor Hugo. Tintamaresque edition. Paris: all booksellers, [1869]. - In-8, dark brown half-maroquin, smooth spine decorated, untrimmed, cover preserved (Canape). Rare first edition of this parody of Victor Hugo's novel, illustrated on the cover with a drawing signed F.R. Hinge of the first plate cracked, head cap frayed .