BALZAC (Honoré de). - Lot 101

Lot n° 101
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BALZAC (Honoré de). - Lot 101
BALZAC (Honoré de). Eugénie Grandet. Paris : Motteroz for Les Amis des livres, 1883. - In-8, 244 x 160: (2 ff.), 345 pp. (6 ff. 3rd blank), 8 plates, printed cover. Red morocco, multiple gilt fillets, broken at the corners, framed on the boards, spine ribbed and decorated with the same, gilt lace inside, gilt head, untrimmed, cover preserved (Allô). Rare first illustrated edition, decorated with eight out-of-text compositions by the painter Pascal Adolphe Jean DAGNAN-BOUVERET (1852-1929), pupil of Gérôme and then of Corot, etched by Paul-Edme Le Rat (1849-1892). Unique edition at one hundred and twenty copies on wove paper; this one is one of the twelve reserved for the publisher Calmann-Lévy, including the figures in double state: pure etching and final state on chine appliqué. A very fine copy bound in the period by Charles Allô (1824-1890). Minor wear rubbing to the nerves. Scattered foxing. Provenance : Yves Refoulé, with ex-libris. - Robert Beauvillain, with bookplate engraved by Charles Jouas.
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