Lot n° 75
                        
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                            BALZAC (Honoré de). - Lot 75
                        
                        BALZAC (Honoré de).
Complete works. Paris, Houssiaux, 1855, 20 vol. 8°, slightly backbound in dark purple half calf, spine ribbed with gilt fillets, gilt fillets on the nerves, green moroccoed title and tomaison pieces (spine evenly insolated in light havana, spine sometimes rubbed, usual freckles). First complete collective edition of Balzac's works (textual reprint of the Furne edition of the "Comédie humaine" of 1842-1848, increased by a notice by George Sand, Balzac's portrait and the last 3 volumes: Scènes de la vie parisienne supplément... ; Théâtre ; Contes drôlatiques) illustrated by Tony-Johannot, Meissonier, Gavarni, H. Daumier, Bertall, Célestin Nanteuil, Henry Monnier : (without the title-frontispiece), portrait of Balzac and 141 plates engraved out of text. Vicar counts 152 in all (127 for the Furne edition including later additions + 25 for the last 3 volumes exclusively Houssiaux), but the number of plates is always very variable according to the copies. Vol. 1-4: Scènes de la Vie privée; Vol. 5-8: Scènes de la Vie de Province; Vol. 9-11, Scènes de la Vie parisienne; Vol. 12, Scènes de la Vie parisienne and Scènes de la Vie politique; vol. 13: Scènes de la Vie militaire and Scènes de la Vie de campagne; vol. 14-15: Philosophical Studies; vol. 16: Études philosophiques and Études analytiques; vol. 17-18: Scènes de la Vie Parisienne (1. and 2. Suppl.); vol. 19: Theatre; vol. 20: Les Contes drolatiques. Distribution of engravings: vol. 1 (portrait of Balzac, 5); 2 (7); 3 (7); 4 (6); 5 (9); 6 (8); 7 (8); 8 (8); 9 (7); 10 (8); 11 (8); 12 (6); 13 (6); 14 (9); 15 (6); 16 (4); 17 (5); 18 (16); 19 (4); 20 (4). Good copy.
                        
                        
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