THE NOVELS OF HONORÉ DE BALZAC : NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME COMPLETELY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH [23 0F 52 VOLUMES] + REPERTORY OF LA COMÉDIE HUMAINE OF HONORÉ DE BALZAC [VOLUME 2 OF 2 ONLY]
Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son, 1896-1900. Limited edition. Octavo; Limited edition 138/1000; 24 volumes; G; Hardcover; Spine, black with gold print, raised bands; Boards half bound with black leather to spine and corners and marbled paper to boards, wear to spine caps, hinges, and corners, else light shelfwear; Text blocks have gilt top edge and red ribbon marker, owner bookplate on front endpapers, lt spotting to fore edge, else clean and tight; Volumes include frontispieces and illustrations (b&w plates); Volume numbering below represents the numbers within the complete edition, not within separately titled/numbered divisions, e.g., v. 40 below is vol. 3 within division titled “Country Life”; CONTENTS: v. 7. History of the grandeur and downfall of César Birotteau [tr.] by F. T. Furey — v. 8. The civil service, Gaudissart II [tr.] by Mary W. Artois. A prince of Bohemai [tr.] by Jane M. Sedgwick — v. 14. Modeste Mignon [tr.] by Gertrude C. Fosdick — v. 15. A start in life, Madame Firmiani, The message, The atheist's mass [tr.] by F. T. Furey — v. 16. Albert Savarus, A daughter of Eve [tr.] by G. B. Ives — v. 17. The marriage contract, La Grenadière, Gobseck [tr.] by G. B. Ives — v. 18. A woman of thirty, The deserted mistress [tr.] by G. B. Ives — v. 19. Old Goriot [tr.] by Jane M. Sedgwick — v. 20. Honorine, Colonel Chabert, The interdiction [tr.] by W. Walton — v. 21. 10. Béatrix [tr.] by G. B. Ives — v. 22. A double family, The peace of the household, A study of woman, Another study of woman, The pretended mistress [tr.] by W. Walton — v. 25. The celibates. II [tr.] by G. B. Ives — v. 33. The Chouans [tr.] by G. B. Ives — v. 34. A passion in the desert [tr.] by J. A. Burgan. An episode under the reign of terror, A dark affair [tr.] by P. P. Breen — v. 35. Z. Marcas; The other side of contemporaneous history, first episode: Madame de la Chanterie; second episode: The novice [tr.] by G. B. Ives — v. 36. The deputy from Arcis I [tr.] by G. B. Ives — v. 37. The deputy from Arcis II [tr.] by G. B. Ives — v. 38. The country doctor [tr.] by G. B. Ives — v. 39. The village curé [tr.] by G. B. Ives — v. 40. The peasants [tr.] by G. B. Ives — v. 46. Adieu, The conscript, The executioner, The exiles, Louis Lambert [tr.] by G. B. Ives — v. 47. Catherine de' Medici [tr.] by G. B. Ives — v. 48. Physiology of marriage, Petty worries of conjugal life I [tr.] G. B. Ives — Repertory of La Comédie Humaine of Honoré de Balzac. vol. 2: K-Z. shelved above foreign language. More