BALZAC (Honoré). Les Contes drolatiques. Paris, Adolphe Dela - Lot 196

Lot 196
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BALZAC (Honoré). Les Contes drolatiques. Paris, Adolphe Dela - Lot 196
BALZAC (Honoré). Les Contes drolatiques. Paris, Adolphe Delahays, 1861. In-8, green morocco, Du Seuil decoration, decorated back with red coins, inside lace, gilt head, untrimmed, triple guard (Belz-Niedrée). Sixth edition, illustrated with the 425 drawings by Gustave Doré from the 1855 edition (except the frontispiece, omitted in the print). One of the 25 copies on China, which pass for having been printed on the original woods, this one in the name of Delahays, the publisher who had bought from Garnier the stock of the 1855 edition which was not selling well. Very fresh binding. A few pricks on the edges.
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