1870s BALZAC ILLUSTRATED by GUSTAVE DORE antique

Balzac


Les Contes Drolatiques


(Collected at the Abbeys of Touraine)


Paris:  Garnier Frères; n.d. (c. 1870s)

illustrated with 425 drawings by Gustave Doré

xxxi + (3) + 665 pp.



A beautiful, richly illustrated edition by Gustave Doré of this collection of humorous and satirical short stories, inspired by the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Balzac, the great novelist of the Comédie humaine, deploys his imagination and erudition, inventing colorful characters, comical situations, and witty dialogue, all in an archaic and burlesque style.


Original embossed red publisher's cloth, some wear,  with damage to the front cover (see pictures)

Spine with gilt lettering

Good interior condition, occasional foxing

 Size 5 3/4 by 8 1/4"

Text in French
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