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206 - BALZAC (Bernard-François). Memoirs on Several Major Matters …
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BALZAC (Bernard-François). Memoirs on Several Major Matters of Public Utility. Tours: Mame, 1809. 3 essays in continuous pagination in one in-8 volume of [2] leaves, 95 pp. Contemporary binding in grained sheepskin, double gilt fillet framing the covers, plain decorated spine, gilt edges. First collected edition of these three essays written between 1807 and 1809 by B.-F. Balzac, father of Honoré de Balzac: - Treatise on two major obligations to be fulfilled by the French people. Autograph signature of Bernard-François Balzac at the end of the treatise. - Treatise on the scandalous disorder caused by young women who have been deceived and abandoned in utter destitution; and on the means of utilising a section of the population that is lost to the State and highly detrimental to social order. - Memorandum on ways to prevent theft and murder, and to reintegrate those who commit such crimes into society, and on ways to streamline the judicial system. First collected edition of these three essays written by Balzac’s father whilst he was deputy mayor and administrator of the hospital in Tours, The catalogue of the 1950 Balzac exhibition at the National Library states that these pamphlets are “extremely rare.” Copy printed on heavy, large-format vellum paper. Autograph signature of Bernard-François Balzac at the end of the first treatise. Binding slightly rubbed, three corners worn. Gold lettering on the spine tarnished. Experts: Loup Axmann and Jean-Luc Boisseau
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Auction time 11/04/2026 at 2:00 PM
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