Les contes drolatiques : colligez ez abbayes de Touraine et mis en lumiere par le sieur de Balzac pour l'esbattement des Pantagruelistes et non aultres. / illustree de 425 dessins par Gustave Doré

by Balzac, Honoré de (1799-1850)

€85 · Offered by MW Books

1855, 1st edition. Paris : Garnier Freres. Very good copy bound in contemporary gilt-blocked leather over boards. Marbled edges and end papers. Raised bands. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed as with age. Well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Further scans, images.....

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