Laurent Duhamel Surville de Balzac — Maiãoeâ‚Tresses

Paris, Albin Michel, [1904]. Leather. A very scarce novel by Laurent Duhamel Surville de Balzac, the great nephew of French realist writer Honoré de Balzac. A very scarce novel by Laurent Duhamel Surville de Balzac, the great nephew of French realist writer Honoré de Balzac. Published in French. This leather bound volume contains one of two novels written by Surville. Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. This volume is from the library of Rangemore Hall belonging to the Bass family. Rangemore is a village in East Staffordshire, and the village church was designed for Michael Thomas Bass in the mid nineteenth century. This volume belonged to his elder son, Michael Arthur Bass. Undated. Dated using world cat from a copy held at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France In a quarter calf binding over patterned boards. Externally, generally smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards. The spine label is lifting, and the front joint is cracked down the bottom half. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age-toned but clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .