BALZAC, Honore de. Le Medecin de campagne. Paris: Werdet, 1834. Second edition, corrected (revue et corrige). "A fragment of Scenes de la vie de campagne, the sixth and final series of Etudes de moeurs au xixieme siecle." Four volumes in two, small octavo: 223pp, 213pp, 205pp, 243pp. Some portions of text rather browned, intermittent foxing, else basically a very good set in contemporary quarter calf and marbled paper-covered boards. This copy inscribed by Balzac, "....." partly on a small integral flap on the upper portion of the title page -- a residue of the larger paper that was trimmed down for binding. The ink has rather faded, a phenomenon we have noted in at least one of the very few other Balzac presentations we have encountered. Balzac inscriptions are astonishingly rare for an author of such extraordinary prominance. We have not noted more than three or four in commerce in the past ten years. The Country Doctor is among the master's best known works

• Category: Extraordinary Books, Manuscripts & Art
• Keywords: French · Inscribed
• Language: Deutsch
• Inventory number: 7847LB

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