Lot n° 99
Estimation :
600 - 800
EUR
BALZAC (Honoré de). - Lot 99
BALZAC (Honoré de).
Studies of manners in the 19th century.
Paris, 1834-1837. - 3 series in 12 volumes in-8, 210 x 134. Red half-maroquin with corners, spine gilt, untrimmed, cover preserved (modern binding).
Complete set of this important work of Honoré de Balzac, divided into three series published between 1834 and 1837 and constituting the first essay of the Comédie humaine. It is composed as follows:
I. Scenes of the private life. Paris : Madame Charles-Béchet, 1835 (volumes I and II) - 1834 (volumes III) ; Paris : Werdet, 1837 (volume IV). - 4 volumes in-8, (2 ff.), 401 pp, (1 f.), printed cover; 361 pp, (3 ff. of which two cat.), printed cover; (2 ff.), 386 pp, (1 f.), printed cover; (2 ff.), 361 pp, (1 f.), printed cover
Partly original edition, volumes two and three are marked "Third Edition". The copy is composite since the last volume is a reprint by Werdet from 1837.
this first series, thus composed, contains two unpublished short stories (La Fleur des Pois and La Recherche de l'absolu)
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The copy is complete with the publisher's catalog at the end of the second volume.
Tears with lack but without damage to the text on two leaves of volume two (pp. 27 to 30). Light staining at the beginning of the last volume.
II. Scènes de la vie de Province. Paris : Madame Charles-Béchet, 1834 (volumes 1 and 2) - Paris : Werdet, 1837 (volumes 3 and 4). - 4 volumes in-8, (5 ff.), pp. (19)-384, (1 f.), printed cover; (2 ff.), 387 pp., (1 f.), printed cover; (2 ff.), 359 pp., printed cover; (2 ff.), 357 pp.
ORIGINAL EDITION OF EUGÉNIE GRANDET in the first volume, of four short stories (La Femme abandonnée, La Grenadière, L'Illustre Gaudissant and La Vieille fille) and of the first part of Illusions perdues entitled Les Deux poètes.
A wetness on the edge of the title of the first volume. Traces of folds on the false title of volume three.
III. Scenes of Parisian life. Paris : Madame Charles-Béchet, 1835 (volumes 1 and 4) - 1834 (volumes 2 and 3). - 4 volumes in-8, 339 pp. with printed cover; (2 ff.), 366 pp. with printed cover; (2 ff.), 349 pp. with printed cover; 390 pp. with printed cover.
Partly first edition containing four unpublished works (Les Marana, Ferragus chef des Dévorants, Ne touchez pas à la hache and La Fille aux yeux d'or).
Staining to the first few leaves of volume one. Tear restored without missing on the last leaf of volume four.
Copies in uniform 20th century bindings. They are complete with the covers, restored and lined, sometimes with missing parts. The volumes present as always some foxing, sometimes strong.
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