Author: Balzac, Honore de
Title: La Grenadiere / le Chef-D'Oeuvre Inconnu
Description: Paris: Editions Nilsson, [circa early 1900s]. [circa early 1900s]. Paris: Editions Nilsson, [circa early 1900s]. [circa early 1900s]. Good. - Small octavo [5-1/2 inches high by 3-3/4 inches wide] softcover bound in color pictorial wraps in original glassine. The glassine is heavily darkened with a few tiny stains. 124 pages plus colophon. Illustrated with 4 pochoir prints on onion skin tipped onto heavy tan stock. The upper half of the text block is detached from the wrappers & the book is cracked at 3 of the plates. There is an owner's ink name on the front endpaper with some light foxing. There are glue marks to the margins & mount of the first plate. Good.

The text is in French. Good .

Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; TIPPED-IN PLATES; POCHOIR PLATES; LITERATURE; FRENCH LITERATURE; FICTION; HONORE DE BALZAC; LA GRENADIER; LE CHEF-D'OEUVRE INCONNU.

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