1359 - 1565: [Doré, G.]. Balzac, H. de.

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77/1411 [Doré, G.]. Balzac, H. de. Les contes drolatiques. Paris, Bureaux de la Société générale de Librairie, 1855, 5th ed., XXXI,(1),614,(1)p., 425 woodengr. ills. after G. DORÉ, contemp. hmor., a.e.g.

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= The first edition with the illustrations by Doré. Vicaire I, p.190; Sander 38; Carteret III, p.48: "Ce livre est consideré comme le chef-d'oeuvre d'illustration de Gustave Doré (...)". This copy with "Joyeulx" on p.326, but p.425 with the address and "36" and p.426 with "Naifveté".

Uzanne, O. Fashion in Paris. The various phases of feminine taste and aesthetics from 1797 to 1897. Engl. transl. M. Loyd. London, W. Heinemann, 1901, new ed., VI,(2),180p., 24 handcol. engr. plates and 250 ills. after F. COURBOIN, orig. gilt cl., 4to.

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AND 2 other 19th cent. illustrated vols., both French language.

€ (50-70) 70