BALZAC (H. de). OEUVRES COMPLETES. Paris, Furne, Dubochet, H - Lot 147

BALZAC (H. de). OEUVRES COMPLETES. Paris, Furne, Dubochet, Hetzel et Paulin, Houssiaux, 1842-1855. 20 volumes in-8, half red chagrin, decorated spine (period binding). Volume I; Furne, Dubochet, J. Hetzel et Paulin, 1842. Volume II; Furne, 1846. Volume III; Furne, 1846. Volume IV; Furne, Dubochet, 1845. Volume V; Furne, Dubochet, 1843. Volume VI; Houssiaux, 1853. Volume VII; Furne, Dubochet, 1844. Volume VIII; Houssiaux, 1853. Volume IX; Furne, Dubochet, 1843. Volume X; Furne, Dubochet, 1844. Volume XI; Furne, Dubochet, 1844. Volume XII; Furne, Dubochet, 1846. Volume XIII; Furne, Dubochet, 1845. Volume XIV; Furne, Dubochet, 1845. Tome XV; Furne, Dubochet, 1845. Tome XVI; Furne, Dubochet, 1846. Tome XVII; Furne, 1852. Tome XVIII to XX; Houssiaux, 1855. Complete works of the Comédie Humaine uniformly bound. To the seventeen volumes published during Balzac's lifetime are added three volumes published in 1855 by Houssiaux for the end of the Comédie humaine, the Théâtre and the Contes drolatiques. Illustrated with a fine metal-engraved portrait of Balzac and 146 out-of-text figures by the best artists of the day. Usual foxing.