Eugénie Grandet : autograph manuscript signed and typescript with manuscript revisions.

The typescript sections, which are heavily revised, appear to be proofs typeset for the novel's serialization in the magazine L'Europe Littéraire. In some cases, the manuscript and typeset pages duplicate each other: for instance, the beginning of the book appears both in manuscript and in typescript. However, the central section of the book is represented only in typescript, and the end of the book appears only in manuscript. Pages 34 and 35 (both typescript) also contain the same text, with different autograph revisions. These two pages appear to be proofs for two different issues of L'Europe Littéraire, though ultimately only the first section of the book was printed in the magazine, appearing in the September 19, 1833 issue, because of upheavals in the magazine's management.
Small pieces of paper containing additional edits have been attached to one extensively marked-up page at the center of the manuscript (identified by Balzac as page 31).
High reserve.
Includes a diagram on the verso of p. 1; a number of other pages contain extensive notes, drawings, and accounts on the verso.
Contains the author's signed presentation inscription to Madame de Hanska on the flyleaf: "offert par l'auteur à Madame de Hanska, en témoignage de son respectueux attachement 24 décembre 1833, Genève. H. de Balzac." Balzac married Madame de Hanska in 1850.