BALZAC (Honoré de). Complete Works. Preface by George Sand. - Lot 225

BALZAC (Honoré de). Complete Works. Preface by George Sand. Paris, Alexandre Houssiaux, 1855. 20 in-8 volumes, long-grain plum-colored half-maroquin with corner pieces, fillet, spine decorated with a small gilded cupid wearing a helmet, gilded head, cover (L. Pouillet). First reprint of the Furne edition, featuring a portrait of Balzac by Bertall and 152 (of 154) woodcuts outside the text based on works by Bertall, Daumier, Gavarni, Meissonnier, and Johannot. A few foxing spots, pinholes on the edges, faint water stains throughout Volume XV, soiled cover. Spine slightly faded.

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