BALZAC Honoré de The Foyer of the Opera. Fashionable... Lot 33

[BALZAC Honoré de] The Foyer of the Opera. Fashionable manners. "The Parisian Princess" (which will become "The Secrets of the Princess of Cadignan" in Balzac's "La comédie humaine"). ORIGINAL EDITION, IN-8, period binding half tobacco basane, spine decorated. Ex-libris of Henri Dirkx and small stamp "Colportage" on the title page. This work is the first of the 12 volumes of the collective publication entitled Le Foyer de l'Opéra which will appear until 1848. It is the only one to contain a title by Balzac; it is therefore often found isolated. Paris, Hippolyte Souverain Éditeur, 1841 Very good condition (slight foxing from use) Rare