Lot n° 373
Estimation :
100 - 150
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BALZAC (Honoré de) - Lot 373
BALZAC (Honoré de)
Complete Works. La Comédie Humaine. Paris, Houssiaux, 1855.
20 volumes in-8: Steel-engraved portrait by BERTALL, wood-engraved vignettes by MEISSONIER, JOHANNOT out of text (not collated). Scattered foxing.
Contemporary ½ brown chagrin, gilt titles and tomaisons on spine ribs, rubs from use, accidents to 3 headpieces, a small snag on one spine. As is.
"Textual reprint of the Furne edition (1842-1848), but augmented with a notice by George Sand, a portrait of Balzac and three volumes forming volumes XVIII, XIX, XX". The Houssiaux edition should include 154 engravings; complete copies are like Daudet's heroine: On en parle toujours mais on ne la voit jamais (to be collated).
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