Country Life (La Comedie Humaine) - Three Volume Set
George Barrie & Son, 1898. Hardcover. Three-volume set of Honore de Balzac's 'Country Life,' from the interlinked collections of his 'La Comedie Humaine.' Published 1898-1899. Contents include: (1) The Country Doctor, (2) The Village Cure [Rector], and (3) The Peasants. Each numbered #315 from an edition limited to 1,000 copies. Contemporary brown half-leather with marbled papered boards, gilt titles and decoration to spine. Covers rubbed and edgeworn, frayed to corners, with the spines fading and beginning to crack. Top of pages edged in gilt. Volume two also has a thin margin of dark staining to the bottom edges of both panels, near fore-edge. Spines square. Modern repair to bindings evident at inner hinges, with a more extensive repair to the spine backing for volume three. Full split to the front outer hinge of volume three; however, the repair holds it firm to the volume, and fitted the front board neatly to the spine for minimal visual effect. The modern rebinds are sound through the textblocks. Pages clean, texts free of markings. Used: Good. Item #BBS-2015972
Price: $100.00