BALZAC (H. de). Illustrated works. 200 drawings... - Lot 182 - Ferri & Associés

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BALZAC (H. de). Illustrated works. 200 drawings... - Lot 182 - Ferri & Associés
BALZAC (H. de). Illustrated works. 200 drawings by MM. Tony Johannot, Staal, Bertall, E. Lampsonius, H. Monnier, Daumier, Meissonnier. P., Marescq et Cie, G. Havard, 1853-1855. 10 volumes in-4 bound in 5 volumes, red half-chagr. (Contemporary binding). Very beautiful and rare edition, one of the most typical of the period, called popular, illustrated with about 680 wood-engraved vignettes by the artists mentioned, plus a very fine composition by Célestin Nanteuil described at length by M. Cluzel in an important article devoted to this edition (Bulletin du Bibliophile, 1959, pp. 16 to 33). Attached to this copy, strictly bound in the period, the invoice of the bookbinder Roullin, dated 1857. (Some very slight russetting).
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