Gautier / Taine - Honoré de Balzac. Sa Vie et Ses Oeuvres - 1858
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Gautier and Taine present Honoré de Balzac. Sa Vie et Ses Oeuvres, a first edition biographical work in French published in Brussels by Meline, Cans et Compagnie in 1858, in a red half‑leather binding with marbled boards, 190 pages, in very good condition.
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Extremely rare and sought-after first edition of the fundamental biography of Honoré de Balzac, written by the friend and illustrious intellectual Théophile Gautier, enriched by the important critical analysis by Hippolyte Taine of La Comédie Humaine. This specific print run represents an extremely rare bibliographic emission, very scarcely catalogued in public catalogs and almost unobtainable on the antique market, with very few auction appearances recorded in recent decades. It should be noted that there exists also another contemporaneous variant bearing the mark of Librairie Internationale / H. Dumont.
The work offers an intimate and precious glimpse into the life, creative genius, and literary production of the renowned master of French realism.
Théophile Gautier, Honoré de Balzac: sa vie & ses œuvres. Biographie par Théophile Gautier; analyse critique de La Comédie Humaine par H. Taine, Brussels, Meline, Cans et Compagnie, 1858.
PP.: 94, 96. COMPLETE text, but lacking the portrait on the frontispiece.
Copy with cards in overall good/very good condition, with the usual signs of use and time and the natural early foxing.
Elegant modern half-red leather binding with boards covered in marbled paper, very well preserved. Endpapers present.
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I am always interested in purchasing individual works and/or entire libraries to help my bibliophile clients enrich their collections with rare and valuable pieces.
Translated by Google TranslateExtremely rare and sought-after first edition of the fundamental biography of Honoré de Balzac, written by the friend and illustrious intellectual Théophile Gautier, enriched by the important critical analysis by Hippolyte Taine of La Comédie Humaine. This specific print run represents an extremely rare bibliographic emission, very scarcely catalogued in public catalogs and almost unobtainable on the antique market, with very few auction appearances recorded in recent decades. It should be noted that there exists also another contemporaneous variant bearing the mark of Librairie Internationale / H. Dumont.
The work offers an intimate and precious glimpse into the life, creative genius, and literary production of the renowned master of French realism.
Théophile Gautier, Honoré de Balzac: sa vie & ses œuvres. Biographie par Théophile Gautier; analyse critique de La Comédie Humaine par H. Taine, Brussels, Meline, Cans et Compagnie, 1858.
PP.: 94, 96. COMPLETE text, but lacking the portrait on the frontispiece.
Copy with cards in overall good/very good condition, with the usual signs of use and time and the natural early foxing.
Elegant modern half-red leather binding with boards covered in marbled paper, very well preserved. Endpapers present.
Seller's Story
I am always interested in purchasing individual works and/or entire libraries to help my bibliophile clients enrich their collections with rare and valuable pieces.
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Number of books
1
Subject
Biographies and memoirs, Literature
Book title
Honoré de Balzac. Sa Vie et Ses Oeuvres
Author/ Illustrator
Gautier / Taine
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1858
Height
18 cm
Edition
1st Edition
Width
11.5 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Meline, Cans et Compagnie; Bruxelles
Binding/ Material
Half leather
Number of pages
190
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