HUGO (Victor). Les Orientales. Paris : Charles Gosselin, Hector Bossange, 1829. - In-8, red half-maroquin with corners, gilt fillets, smooth spine nicely decorated, untrimmed, cover preserved (V. Champs). First edition with a steel engraved frontispiece by Cousin, printed on chine monté, and a woodcut title vignette after a drawing by Louis Boulanger. A very fine copy in Champs binding, complete with the cover boards (lined) and the 16-page subscription leaflet bound at the end. Some slight rubbing from use. Provenance: Ex-libris with motto "Un peu de tout". - Jules Le Roy, with ex-libris. Attached : - [CHETELAT (Emmanuel J.)] . THE OCCIDENTALS, OR CRITICAL LETTERS ON THE ORIENTALS OF M. VICTOR HUGO. Paris : Hautecœur-Martinet, all the merchants of novelties, 1829. - In-8, dark blue half-maroquin, smooth spine decorated, untrimmed, cover preserved (Canape). Rare first edition of this review of Victor Hugo's "Occidentales". A fine copy despite some rubbing to the hinge of the first cover.