115th BALZAC Honoré de, Eugenie Grandet.
Paris [1924], Ernest Flammarion, 285 pp.
The first of the so-called great novels by one of the most famous French writers of all time, Honoré de Balzac (1798-1850). Written by the just over thirty-year-old Author, it is a great psychological study of French society in the first half of the 19th century.
Twentieth century binding, half leather in average condition with some rubbing mainly on the corners; binding with the coat of arms of Paris embossed on the front cover and information that the book is a prize of the city; inside, condition db; on the pre-title page a handwritten ex-libris dated 1927; overall condition db.