Honoré de Balzac, Une Princesse parisienne [in] Le Foyer de l'opéra, moeurs fashionables. Paris, Hippolyte Souverain, 1840. In-8, [4]-258-[2]-362p. First edition of this text covering the first part (258p), with the correct title page (some copies have a relay title from 1841). The text will be published in La Comédie humaine under the title Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan. Le Foyer de l'Opéra is a collective work in 12 volumes, the first two of which are collected here. Only the first volume contains a text by Balzac. Contemporary half basane, spine ribbed, marbled edges. Spine rubbed, scattered brown spots.

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