THE WORKS- COMEDIE HUMAINE edited by George Saintsbury.. Cet article n’est pas disponible.THE WORKS- COMEDIE HUMAINE edited by George Saintsbury.

40 volumes octavo 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches - handsomely leather bound in contemporary half morocco by Blackwell, raised bands, gilt in compartments, marbled boards, top edges gilt. Uniformly faded to brown. Some general light spotting but a very good sound set. Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume and 159 etched plates. Limited edition of 1200 copies this numbered 7. TEXT IN ENGLISH. This edition complete. Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus. Bookplate of Alexander Stone.