Author: BALZAC, Honore de
Title: Old Goriot
Description: New York, Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Tall octavo (7" x 10-3/4") in black morocco-backed marbled boards. Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage with an introduction by Francois Mauriac. Designed by Sir Francis Meynell and printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan hand-colored in the Atelier Beaufume in Paris. Copy #39 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Ill.: Rene Ben Sussan. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Light rubbing to the spine. Very Good or better in a Very Good slipcase .

Keywords: Illustrated Books, Hand-Colored Plates, Signed, Curwen Press, Limited Editions Club, 19th Century French Literature, Fine Press Rene Ben Sussan Signed Limited Editions Club 19th Century French Literature Illustrated Books


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