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Honoré de Balzac, Réunion de 3 volumes: Scènes de la vie de province (2vol) & La peau de chagrin. Paris, Charpentier, 1839. In-18, [4]-427-[1bl]-[1]p & [4]-401-[1bl]-[1]p, [6]-357-[1bl]-[1]p. New editions. For La Peau de chagrin, 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. Brown half-basanes in poor condition, modest copies.
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Honoré de Balzac, Réunion de 3 volumes: Scènes de la vie de province (2vol) & La peau de chagrin. Paris, Charpentier, 1839. In-18, [4]-427-[1bl]-[1]p & [4]-401-[1bl]-[1]p, [6]-357-[1bl]-[1]p. New editions. For La Peau de chagrin, 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. Brown half-basanes in poor condition, modest copies.
