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186 - Honoré de BALZAC. Humorous Tales Collected in the Abbeys of Touraine… for the amusement of Pantagruelists and no others. Paris, Garnier frères, n.d. (1861). In-8, red percaline with blind-stamped borders, decorated spine (Publisher’s binding).
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Honoré de BALZAC. Humorous Tales Collected in the Abbeys of Touraine… for the amusement of Pantagruelists and no others. Paris, Garnier frères, n.d. (1861). In-8, red percaline with blind-stamped borders, decorated spine (Publisher’s binding). Leblanc, 39 / Vicaire, I-192 /// XXXI-614-(1f.) Sixth edition of *Contes drolatiques*, illustrated with 425 woodcuts by Lavieille, Pisan, Riault, Bouton, Verdeil, Diolot, etc., based on texts by Gustave Doré. A marvelous edition, one of Doré’s masterpieces; this illustration is astonishing in its inventiveness and cheerful spirit, truly Gallic and Rabelaisian, and sparkling with wit (Béraldi, *Les Graveurs du XIXe*, VI-34). A few foxing spots, sometimes more pronounced on certain leaves.
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