(London: John Camden Hotten, [1874]).

SCARCE . A beautifully preserved edition with illustrations by the very important 19th century artist Gustave Doré. A complete and unabridged edition and English translation of the ribald tales of French novelist and playwright, Honoré de Balzac. The thirty Droll Stories in three sections of ten were first ublished as Les Cent Contes Drolatiques. This edition is extensively illustrated y the engravings of Gustave Doré. Item #35041

First Edition. With 425 illustrations from engravings by Gustave Doré including frontispiece, section headings, lists of engravings and contents, both vignettes and whole page.. 8vo, publisher’s original red cloth, the spine and upper cover elaborately decorated with gilt lettering and gilt and black pictorial decorations by Doré. xxxii, 650 pp. A very beautiful, bright, fresh copy, gilt and red color unusually well preserved, the interior also in superb state.