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Honoré de BALZAC

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Honoré de BALZAC. Le Père Goriot. Histoire parisienne. Paris, Librairie de Werdet, 1835. 2 volumes in-8 of (4) ff. pp. [21]- 352, (1) f. table ; (2) ff. 374 pp, (1) f. de table : fawn half-calf, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and fleurons, marbled edges (period binding). First edition. A beautifully bound copy of the period, thus without the author's preface, which was only distributed after the fact. Spines slightly sunned. Paper defect on p. 289 of Volume II. Some spotting in places.