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Honoré de Balzac, La Peau de chagrin. Paris, Charpentier, 1839. In-18, front.-[6]-357-[1bl]-[1]p. New revised and corrected edition. First in-18 edition of this novel, partly original as revised and corrected from the original edition published in 1831. The epigraph is based on Sterne's sinuous drawing from Tristam Shandy, which appeared on the cover of the original edition. Clouzot, p. 19; Carteret, I, p. 60. Our copy is enriched with a frontispiece portrait of Balzac, on laid paper. Ex-libris of Professor P.-G. Castex. Red half-chagrin, smooth spine, decorated with romantic gilt irons. Slightly posterior binding. Paper a little yellowed. Very attractive binding.
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Honoré de Balzac, La Peau de chagrin. Paris, Charpentier, 1839. In-18, front.-[6]-357-[1bl]-[1]p. New revised and corrected edition. First in-18 edition of this novel, partly original as revised and corrected from the original edition published in 1831. The epigraph is based on Sterne's sinuous drawing from Tristam Shandy, which appeared on the cover of the original edition. Clouzot, p. 19; Carteret, I, p. 60. Our copy is enriched with a frontispiece portrait of Balzac, on laid paper. Ex-libris of Professor P.-G. Castex. Red half-chagrin, smooth spine, decorated with romantic gilt irons. Slightly posterior binding. Paper a little yellowed. Very attractive binding.
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