Alexandre Houssiaux

A new printing of the works issued by Houssiaux, who had acquired the Furne publishing stock under which the works were originally released. He expanded the series with three additional volumes (Théâtre, Contes drolatiques, etc.), which appeared for the first time within the collected works in 1855. The edition was entirely reprinted in 1855. Most volumes bear the date 1863.

Contemporary half shagreen bindings in brown, spines with five raised bands, decorated with four blind-stamped fleurons within compartments. Author, title and volume numbering gilt. Scattered foxing. One volume with the paper boards renewed. Signs of rubbing.

The set is illustrated with 138 plates...

Reprint of the works by Houssiaux, who had purchased the stock of the Furne bookshop, where Honoré de Balzac's works were originally published.
Houssiaux completed them with three new volumes (Theatre, Contes drôlatiques...) which appear here for the first time in the collected works in 1855.
Some foxing.
Bound in half green shagreen with corners, spines with four raised bands decorated with gilt typographical motifs, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of handmade paper.
Work illustrated with 143 plates on tinted heavy paper, by the finest artists of the period including Bertall, Daumier, Gavarni, Johannot, Nanteuil as well as rare illustrations within the text and...