Physiology of marriage or Meditations of eclectic philosophy, on conjugal happiness and unhappiness. Paris, Levavasseur, LibraireÉditeur, 1830. 2 volumes in-8°, speckled calf, gilt fillet and fine serrated roulettes framing the boards, smooth spine decorated, green morocco title-pieces, combed edges (period binding).
ORIGINAL EDITION.
In volume II, pp. 207 to 210 are occupied by a typographical mystification intended by Balzac.
A warning placed in the errata advises the following: "To understand the meaning of these pages, an honest reader must reread the main passages several times; for the author has put all his thought into them."
From the library of Count Le Gonidec de Penlan, at the Château du Tertre, Falaise, with a wet-stamped bookplate on the title page and at the foot of the title of both volumes. Some foxing.
Carteret, I, 58.
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