Finely Bound Limited Edition Set of Honoré de Balzac's La Comédie Humaine

H. de Balzac; George Saintsbury, ed.; Clara Bell, James Waring, et al., trans. COMÉDIE HUMAINE. (40) volumes. London: J. M. Dent and Co. and Philadelphia: The Gebbie Publishing Co., 1895-1898. Limited edition; no. 234 of 1200 copies. Three-quarter crimson morocco over light red cloth-covered boards, spines gilt-stamped with raised bands, with marbled endpapers and gilt top edge. 8vo. All with frontispiece with tissue guard, additional illustrations, and red and black printed title page.

8 3/8 x 6 in. each

First published between 1829 and 1848, La Comédie Humaine (The Human Comedy) is Balzac's large series of connected novels and short stories about life in France in the first few decades following the rule of Napoleon I.

Occasional light wear and grime to bindings; spines browned; interiors with mild toning, mostly light scattered foxing, an occasional mark, folded corner, or other small sign of use, and typical binding stains on endpapers; a beautiful and very good or better set.