BALZAC (Jean-Louis de). OEuvres diverses Avec... Lot n° 6

BALZAC (Jean-Louis de). Various works [With] Selected letters [And]. The prince. In Paris, Chez L. Billaine, 1664, 1674 and 1677. 3 volumes in-12, identical bindings in full blond calf of the XVIIIth c., spines with 5 nerves, title stamped on a black background, ornamented caissons, gilt fillet on the boards, gilt roulette on the edges, gilt edges on marbling. 1. Les oeuvres diverses. Two parts in one volume, [2] f., 436 p. ; [4] f., 59 p. The second part contains " Le Barbon ", preceded by a special title page (2 corners dulled, small worm holes on a spine, marginal lack p.27). - 2. selected letters. [12] f., 492 p. (worm damage on the lower cover, dulling of the tail cap). - 3. the prince. Revised, corrected & augmented again by the author. [12] f., 312 p. (worm damage to the corner of the upper cover). Beautiful set of works by J.-L. de Balzac, known as Guez de Balzac (Angoulême 1597 - 1654), epistolary writer and polemicist, member of the French Academy from 1634.