Honoré de BALZAC.
Le Médecin de campagne. Paris, Mame-Delaunay, 1833.
2 volumes in-8 of 360 and 326 pp, half tobacco calf with corners, spine with false nerves decorated, brown morocco title and greefs, marbled edges (binding of the time).
First edition: "Rare and one of the most sought-after among Balzac's great novels" (Clouzot, 21).
Beautiful copy in contemporary binding.
It does not include the eight pages of advertising at the end of the volume.
From the library of Pierre Duché, with bookplate. Restorations to the binding, foxing.
