Honoré de BALZAC. Histoire des Parents pauvres. La Cousine Bette and the two musicians. Le Cousin Pons ou les deux musiciens. Paris, Imprimerie de Boniface, s.d. (1847), in-4 bound in period half-basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and black fleurons, expertly restored at one spine, presented in protective flap folder and slipcase. Popular two-column edition. Some foxing. Text by Balzac preceded by "Les Grands danseurs du Roi" by Charles Rabou, which occupy the first 84 pages. First edition of Les Parents pauvres.

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