BALZAC (H. de). LES CONTES DRÔLATIQUES. P., Bureaux... Lot 9

BALZAC (H. de). LES CONTES DRÔLATIQUES. P., Bureaux de la Société générale de Librairie, 1855. Fort volume in-8 ½ long-grained garnet morocco, smooth spine cloisonné and decorated with gilt and cold decoration, gilt title, date on tail, gilt head (Binding of the period). Traces of rubbing to upper spine, scattered, occasionally marked foxing. ILLUSTRRATED FIRST EDITION containing 425 engraved woodcuts by Gustave DORÉ. This book is considered Gustave DORÉ's illustrative masterpiece. A well-bound copy of the FIRST EDITION. ¶ Carteret, III-48.