Continuation of illustrations for - Les Chouans -. Preface by Jules Simon. Booklet of 16 p. in sheets and a free suite of 8 compositions under serpents by Julien Le Blant, etched by Emile Boilvin and printed on vellum. In a publisher's brown percaline in-4 folder, gilt lettering. E. Testard & Cie Éditeurs, 1890. 1st edition. A fine copy. A rare item. In 1890, Émile Testard completed his edition of Les Chouans with another 13-page portfolio containing 8 etchings by Julien Le Blant, engraved by Émile Boilvin and prefaced by Jules Simon, politician and member of the Académie française. "We know that M. Testard recently published a refined edition of Balzac's Les Chouans. Today, he completes it with a remarkable preface by Mr. Jules Simon, who challenges the strange assertion that Balzac, a profound psychologist, is "a novelist without style", and with eight plates out of text, important compositions by M. Le Blant, engraved by Boilvin. The painter of the Chouannerie was at ease here, giving career to his picturesque, colorful and lively talent. All in all, a bibliophile's delight." (L'Année littéraire - Paul Ginisty)". 1 Suite of 6 compositions by Charles Delort engraved by Boisson, including a header, a cul-de-lampe and 4 hors-texte, in an avant la lettre edition. These engravings were intended for the edition of Colonel Chabert (Calmann-Lévy, 1886), printed at 225 copies on vélin du marais.