BALZAC Honoré de
BALZAC Honoré de
Les Contes drolatiques colligez ez abbayes de Touraine et mis en lumière par le sieur de Balzac pour l'esbattement des pantagruelistes et non aultres. Cinquiesme édition.
Paris, Ez Bureaux de la Société Générale de Librairie, 1855
Small in-8°. Full contemporary pastiche cherry morocco (Devauchelle). Spine with 5 very richly decorated nerves. Double frame of gilt fillets on the boards with corner and central motifs. Gilt filleting on the edges. Large inner lace reminding the decoration of the spine. Gilt on witnesses. Cover and spine on board. Lined case signed. Large margins. First edition of the 425 drawings by Gustave Doré, a true masterpiece of the artist. A remarkably fresh copy, masterfully bound by Roger Devauchelle.
