Les Contes Drolatiques [= Humorous Tales]; Colligez ez Abbayes de Touraine et mis en lumière par le sieur De Balzac [= Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine and put forth by M. de Balzac]
Paris: Librairie Garnier Frères, ca. 1895. Thirteenth Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], viii-xxi, [1], 614, [4] pp. Contemporary quarter sheep over marlbed boards, spine in five compartments with gold lettering and decorations on the spine; top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. The decorative orange front wrapper printed in red tipped in. Illustrated with a frontispiece, several full-page illustrations, and in-text drawings (illustrations total to 425), all done by Gustave Doré. A collection of humorous French stories, profusely illustrated. Very Good. Item #00009321
A Very Good copy with significant rubbing to the boards' corners and the spine.
Price: $50.00
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