HUGO Victor (1802-1885). Hernani ou l'Honneur castillan (Paris, Mame et Delaunay-Vallée, 1830); in-8, 2 ff. and VII-154 p., contemporary binding, olive green half-calf, spine decorated, emerald green glossy paper boards. First edition. This famous drama, which gave rise to a Homeric battle between romantics and classics, was first performed at the Théâtre-Français on February 25, 1830. The binder has not kept the publisher's catalog. Armorial bookplate of Countess Julie Samoyloff Pahlen. [Countess Giulia SAMOYLOFF (1803-1875), separated from her husband, of great beauty, held a brilliant salon in Milan; a distinguished music lover, she was a friend of Rossini, and Liszt dedicated to her his transcription of Rossini's Soirées musicales.]