Item #H25878 Scenes from a Courtesan's Life, 2 volumes, limited to 100 copies, leatherbound. Honoré de Balzac.
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life, 2 volumes, limited to 100 copies, leatherbound
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life, 2 volumes, limited to 100 copies, leatherbound

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life, 2 volumes, limited to 100 copies, leatherbound

London: Privately Printed for Members of the Elzevir Society, C. 1901. Hardcover. 2 volumes. No. 6 of 100 copies of the Edition De Luxe. Translated by James Waring with introduction by George Saintsbury. 8vo, 9 x 6 inches, half dark green morocco and marbled boards, raised bands, gilt stamped & decorated on spines, very good, the spine color and edges of corners have turned to a warm ruddy brown color (green is a notoriously "fugitive" color), contents very good, pages mainly uncut and unopened, very very light ex-library marks from CMU Library -- pencil note on verso of title pages, withdrawn stamp on verso of rear flyleaves. Frontisiece and occasional engraved plates. Very handsome readable edition. Very good. Item #H25878

Price: $30.00

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