Gautier / Taine - Honoré de Balzac. Sa Vie et Ses Oeuvres - 1858

Extremely rare and sought-after first edition of the fundamental biography of Honoré de Balzac, written by the friend and illustrious intellectual Théophile Gautier, enriched by the important critical analysis by Hippolyte Taine of La Comédie Humaine. This specific print run represents an extremely rare bibliographic emission, very scarcely catalogued in public catalogs and almost unobtainable on the antique market, with very few auction appearances recorded in recent decades. It should be noted that there exists also another contemporaneous variant bearing the mark of Librairie Internationale / H. Dumont. The work offers an intimate and precious glimpse into the life, creative genius, and literary production of the renowned master of French realism. Théophile Gautier, Honoré de Balzac: sa vie & ses œuvres. Biographie par Théophile Gautier; analyse critique de La Comédie Humaine par H. Taine, Brussels, Meline, Cans et Compagnie, 1858. PP.: 94, 96. COMPLETE text, but lacking the portrait on the frontispiece. Copy with cards in overall good/very good condition, with the usual signs of use and time and the natural early foxing. Elegant modern half-red leather binding with boards covered in marbled paper, very well preserved. Endpapers present.

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