HUGO (Victor). Religions et religion. Paris: Calmann Lévy, 1880. -In-8, paperback, untrimmed. First edition of this collection of religious poems. It contains this note in the exergue: "This book was begun in 1870; it is finished in 1880. The year 1870 gave the papacy infallibility and the empire Sedan. What will 1880 do?" One of 60 copies on large paper, this being one of 40 numbered on Hollande. As-published paperback copy, almost entirely uncut, a rare and sought-after condition. Spine slightly faded, tears not missing from hinges.