Le médecin de campagne

The rare first edition, one of the most sought-after of Balzac’s major novels according to Clouzot.
Contemporary half speckled sheep over marbled paper boards, gilt fillets to spine.
A little occasional spotting, a short-margined copy.
Provenance: from the library at the Château du Lac Tegern (Tegernsee), which belonged to Prince Charles-Theodore of Bavaria (1795-1875). Charles-Theodore of Bavaria, the son of the first King of Bavaria, Maximilian I, was "Generalfeldmarschall" and personal councilor to the King of Bavaria (stamp: "S.K.H.D Prinzen Carl V. Bayern Güter Administration Tegernsee").
A rare copy with a princely provenance in a strictly contemporary binding.