BALZAC (Honoré). Les Contes drolatiques. Paris, Adolphe Dela - Lot 430

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BALZAC (Honoré). Les Contes drolatiques. Paris, Adolphe Dela - Lot 430
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 run). One of the 25 copies on China, which pass as 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. BALZAC (Honored of). Les Contes drolatiques. Paris, Garnier frères, s.d. In-8, red morocco, triple fillet, spine decorated in the style of the 16th century around a mosaic cartouche of green morocco, inside lace, gilt head, untrimmed (Hardy Mennil). Seventh edition, illustrated with the 425 drawings by Gustave Doré from the 1855 edition. From the Alfred Piat library (ex-libris). Upper jaw split a few centimeters, hinge of the second plate fragile. Top of the second plate discoloured.
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