Balzac, Honore de — Les Contes Drolatiques

Paris, Librairie Garnier Freres, 1926. Hardcover. Color marbled paper over boards; Off-white paper at corners and spine; Color illustration at spine; Color marbled endpapers; 614 pp.; 425 bw illustrations. Text in French; Balzac's 19th-century tale accompanied by over 400 wonderful illustrations by Gustave Dore; A wonderful volume even if you can't read French. Ill.: Gustave Dore. VG- (Front board slightly warped; Some wear and discoloration to boards; Inscription on first page) .