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Honoré de Balzac.
The Skin of Sorrow.
Paris, Delloye, 1838.
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The Skin of Sorrow.
Paris, Delloye, 1838.
8vo, (2) leaves, 402-(1) pp. 19th-century burgundy long-grain morocco with corners, smooth spine richly decorated, author, title and date gilt, gilt fillet on the covers, gilt edges [Champs] (edges and covers very slightly rubbed, foxing).
Carteret, vol. 3, p. 41. Clouzot, p. 19.
First illustrated edition, first printing, with the ‘skeleton’ vignette on the title page.
Illustrated with 100 vignettes in the text by Baron, Janet-Lange and Gavarni, engraved on steel under Janet’s supervision by Brunellière, Boyer, Nargeot, Langlois, Français and others.
In an elegant signed morocco binding.