BALZAC (Honoré de). *The Last Chouan, or Brittany in 1800*. - Lot 8

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BALZAC (Honoré de). *The Last Chouan, or Brittany in 1800*. - Lot 8
BALZAC (Honoré de). *The Last Chouan, or Brittany in 1800*. Paris, Urbain Canel, Bookseller, 1829. 4 volumes, in-12 Bradel format, marbled paper cardboard binding, decorated spine (late 19th-century binding). •XXIII + [I (blank)] + 192 pp.; •[IV] + 224 pp.; •[IV] + 243 pp.; •[IV] + 231 pp. RARE FIRST EDITION of Balzac’s first novel published under his own name. Published in a small print run, it was reissued, in revised form, in 1834 under a new title: *Les Chouans*. From the libraries of Émile Henriot (auction of June 12, 1963) & Simone André Maurois, with bookplates; wet stamp “Jaeger. Bookseller. A. Gray” on the title pages and p. 1 of each volume. Spines faded; a few folios restored in the margins; covers missing. Vicaire, I, 179; Carteret, I, 58.
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