Honoré de BALZAC.
A great man of the province in Paris, a scene of provincial life. Paris, Hippolyte Souverain, 1839.
2 volumes in-8 of 354 pp, (1) f. of publicity; 354 pp, stapled, printed blue paper covers, untrimmed, slipcases of Lavaux in blue half-maroquin.
First edition.
Second part of Lost Illusions, this painting of Parisian journalism is one of the most evocative illustrations of the Balzacian "social man". It will reappear heavily reworked in volume VIII of the Comédie humaine, without the preface.
Copy as issued, with all margins.
Covers a little faded, stains in places.
