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c1925 Les Contes Drolatiques
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Description
Colour Plates, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Scarce
French language. Volume one only. Illustrated with frontispiece, four colour plates, and many in-text and full-page images. Collated complete. A collection of ten of the thirty ribald short stories of playful and parodic writing which caused great scandal at the time and was banned in many countries. This work includes tales of many historical figures, with fantastical plots, forged words, and many puns. Written by Honore de Balzac, a French novelist and playwright. Illustrated by Albert Robida, a French illustrator, etcher, caricaturist, and novelist.
Condition
Bound in half blue calf with cloth boards. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the boards. The odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown.
Very Good
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