BALZAC (Honoré de). Les Contes drolatiques colligez ez abbayes de Touraine. Eighth edition. Paris : Garnier frères, [1873]. - In-8, 229 x 151 : XXXI, 614 pp, (1 f.), illustrated cover. Half garnet morocco with corners, gilt filets, smooth spine decorated, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Bretault). Eighth edition illustrated with 425 woodcuts by Gustave Doré. One of the copies on China paper, of which the exact edition is not known. Beautiful copy in Bretault's binding, complete with boards and back cover. The copy has been washed and the first 70 leaves are felted. Light spotting on several leaves.

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