BALZAC, H. DE — De baldadige vertelsels

Amsterdam : Strengholt 1941 byeengegaert in de abdyen van Touraysne ende ondeugenderwyse in het licht gegeven door den sinjeur Honoré de Balzac...verlucht met 162 printen van Gustave Doré ...de sierletters ingekleurd door Jaap Pronk, gesigneerd portret van Balzac en bandontwerp van Hub. Levigne. Vertaling A.M. de Jong. Genummerd ex., (185) gesigneerd door De Jong en Pronk. 229 p., pages uncut, ills., tipped in newspaper clipping on Levigne. HARDCOVER: (Origineel halfperkament, halflinnen, goudgestempelde band met de originele beschermende kartonnen cassette met opdruk) Indeed, a very beautiful book, heavily gilt decorated. Pages are made from heavy paper. Everything about the book is top quality especially when one considers that it was published in 1941 or actually in 1943. This numbered book (185/500) is signed by translator A.M. de Jong and illustrator Jaap Pronk, the engraved portrait of Honoré de Balzac is signed by Hub. Levigne. The original box protects the book.