Lot n° 153
Estimation :
450 - 500
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BALZAC (Honoré de). Le Lys dans la vallée. Paris, Werdet, Ju - Lot 153
BALZAC (Honoré de). Le Lys dans la vallée. Paris, Werdet, June 1, 1836. 2 volumes in-8, [6] f., LV-325 pp., [2] f. + [2] f., 343 pp. Slightly posterior fawn half-basin, smooth spine, gilt title and tomaison. Very rare first edition. False-title and title of the first volume are found here in three copies bound at the beginning of the volume (Carteret, I, 72). "Rare and much sought-after" (Clouzot, Guide du bibliophile, 14). Binding very worn, spine of vol. 2 detached and top board, endpapers and 1st ff. partly detached, interior defects including an incomplete blank f., foxing, wetness on a title qq ff. creased.
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