Balzac, Honore — Les Contes Drolatiques

Paris, Ez Bureaux de la Societe Generale de Librairie, 1855. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Tan boards with brown leather spine, gilt letters and decoration on spine, blue marbled flyleaves, 614 pp. 425 BW illus. housed in a library's custom archival box. An early and very nice edition of Balzac's "droll stories," well illustrated by French artist Gustave Dore (1832-1883). An old book in terrific shape, and protected by a library's archival box. VG (Average wear and age to outer surfaces and edges; "extra" title block on spine is lifting slightly; hinges are only a tad loose; some limited foxing throughout the book; otherwise, this one's in great shape for its age.) .