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Maître Paul PASTAUD
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BALZAC (Honoré de). Scenes from Private Life. Brussels, Soci…
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1165
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BALZAC (Honoré de). Scenes from Private Life. Brussels, Soci…
See original version (French)
Estimate €80 - €120
Voluntary lot
Description
BALZAC (Honoré de). Scenes from Private Life. Brussels, Société belge de librairie, etc. Hauman, Cattoir et Cie (Volumes 1, 2) / Meline, Cans et Compagnie (Volumes 3, 4, 5, 6), 1837.
6 volumes, small 12mo, (4)-iij-(i)-(2)-360-(1) pp., (4)-353-(2) pp., 280-(1) pp., 242-(1) pp., 298-(1) pp., 224-(1) pp. Red half-calf, decorated spines (imitation binding).
Belgian counterfeit of the first part of the ‘Études de Mœurs du XIXè siècle’, published in France by Mme Charles-Béchet (and Werdet). It includes: *La Vendetta*, *Les dangers de l’inconduite* (later *Gobseck*), *Le Bal de Sceaux* (Vol. 1) / *Gloire et malheur* (later *La Maison du chat qui pelote*), *La Femme vertueuse*, *La Paix du ménage* (Vol. 2) / the first draft of what would become *La Femme de trente ans* (Vol. 3 and 4) / *La Recherche de l’absolu* (Vol. 5) / *La Fleur des pois* (later *Le Contrat de mariage*) (Vol. 6).
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About the sale
MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 3 of 4 – Nos. 1085 to 1642
Auction location
Auction time
08/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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