Lot 331 , Balzac-Honore de - La Comedie Humaine ... (translated from the French) comprising: Scenes of Parisian Life (11 vols) & Scenes of Private Life (11 vols). Limited Editions. num. mounted plates (with captioned guards); publ

° Balzac-Honore de - La Comedie Humaine ... (translated from the French) comprising: Scenes of Parisian Life (11 vols) & Scenes of Private Life (11 vols). Limited Editions. num. mounted plates (with captioned guards); publisher's gilt-pictorial art vellum with gilt tops. for subscribers only, Leonard Smithers & Co., 1897 & 1899
£100-150

Condition:
Parisian - some spine wear and cover discolouration; vol.I spine torn (no loss); vol.7 joint split and spine loose; Private - some cover discolouration but reasonable. Various illustrators; printed on Imperial Japon paper (only 50 sets of each for England); sm. later pictorial bkplt. of Robert Booth. (?) Scenes of Provincial Life, and other vols. in the series, not published by Smithers in this set.