Description

FIRST EDITIONS. Complete set in 8 issues of Cahiers Balzaciensedited by Marcel Bouteron and devoted to the publication of unpublished works by Balzac. Off-price copies on Arches laid paper with the plates on Arches vellum. The first 4 issues include a suite of all the plates on Chine.
Limited edition of 599 copies per issue, of which 12 on Japon with suite on Chine, 25 on Hollande with suite on vélin, 500 on vergé, 50 hors-commerce and 12 hors-commerce on coloured paper.
All volumes are identically bound in contemporary vellum with the name "Françoise" (ex-libris "Françoise" on the upper cover, initials "F. H." at the foot of the spine), probably a collaborator.

Includes :

• I. Unpublished correspondence between Balzac and Lieutenant-Colonel L.-N. Périolas (1832-1845). 5 plates (against 4 announced), suite on chine. xx pp. - 36 pp. - 2] ff. - 10] plates, unnumbered, bearing on the proof copy
• II. Les fantaisies de la Gina. Unpublished short story by Balzac. 8 plates (against 9 announced in the title), suite on chine. 59 pp. - 2] ff. - One yellowed leaf.
• III. Women's letters to Balzac. First series (1832-1836). 4 plates, suite on chine. VI pp. - 54 pp. - 2] ff. - 10] pl.
• IV. Les Cent Contes drolatiques mis en lumière par le Sieur de Balzac. Quatriesme dixain. Unpublished fragments. 4 plates, suite on chine. 61 pp. - [1] f. - 8] plates. last leaves stained.
• V. Women's letters to Balzac. Second series (1837-1840). 7 plates. 60 pp. - 2] ff. - 7] pl.
• VI. Unpublished correspondence between Balzac and the Duchesse de Castries (1831-1848). xxxiv pp. - 68 pp. - 2] ff.
• VII. Letter on Kiev by Balzac. Unpublished fragment. 98 pp. - 2] ff. - 6] pl.
• VIII. Unpublished correspondence between Balzac and Doctor Nacquart (1823-1850). With numerous out-of-text documents.

Well established in an elegant vellum binding.