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Ten Droll Tales
by Honore de Balzac
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$513.62A$462.26
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About This Item
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1926. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 10" by 6". Jean de Bosshere. An excellent copy of Honore de Balzac's famous short story collection. Illustrated throughout by the famous Belgian painter Jean de Bosschere. The first edition of these tales illustrated by Jean de Bosschere. With a frontispiece and twenty-three plates. Bosschere was renowned for his lavish and erotic colour plates, with their stunning use of saturated plates. His style complements the themes of the droll tales, or the 'contes drolatiques'. The Droll stories are Rabelaisian in theme, and are a pastiche of 16th century language. Comprising all ten tales. Collated, complete. Translated into English by J Lewis May, with an introduction by andre Maurois. Limited edition, numbered 478 of 3000 copies produced. A fantastic copy of this work. A truly brilliant example of Jean de Bosshere's striking illustrations. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Spine is slightly sunned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Minor offsetting to the endpapers. Pages are otherwise clean. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 756L26
- Title
- Ten Droll Tales
- Author
- Honore de Balzac
- Illustrator
- Jean de Bosshere
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 10" by 6"
- Keywords
- Drolatiques Contes Drolatiques Droll Stories Contes Drolatiques
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Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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