HUGO, Victor (1802-1885), poète, dramaturge et écrivain fran - Lot 54

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HUGO, Victor (1802-1885), poète, dramaturge et écrivain fran - Lot 54
HUGO, Victor (1802-1885), poète, dramaturge et écrivain français. Printed proof with autograph corrections. June 27, 1846]. 1 p. large folio (48 x 16 cm). Stamp "Unread proof 1st typographical proof". Speech to the Chambre des Pairs by Victor Hugo on the consolidation and defence of the coast, collected in Actes et paroles, I. About twenty autograph corrections and additions, in the margins, including a reaction from the audience "(movement of attention)" and the mention: "bon à tirer".Long plea for a law to "maintain, consolidate and improve, from both a military and commercial point of view, the configuration of the coastline of France [...]. One of your borders is threatened [...]. Well, Peers, this threatened frontier is your coastline; this enemy exists: it is the Ocean [...]". Already a member of the French Academy, Victor Hugo was appointed Peer of France by King Louis-Philippe in April 1845.
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