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Monographie de la presse parisienne / par M. H. de Balzac ; illustree de scènes, croquis, charges, caricatures, portraits et grandes vignettes hors texte ; avec un tableau synoptique de l'ordre Gendelettre.

Accession number
PML 137952
Creator
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.
Published
Paris : Au Bureau central des publications nouvelles, 1842.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"Extrait de la Grande ville, nouveau tableau de Paris."
Library's copy housed in marbled slipcase.
Imprint on front wrapper dated 1843.
Illustrated with three wood engraved plates and textual illustrations throughout after Gavarni, H. Emy, V. Adam, C. Polisch, and others.
"Paris, Imprimerie de Maulde et Renou, Rue Bailleul 9 et 11."--Half t.p. verso.
Description
80 p., [3 ] leaves of plates : ill. (wood engraving) ; 28 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Author's presentation inscription on half t.p.: à Monsieur le premier Président [Claude-Denis] Mater ... de Balzac.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Original yellow wrappers.
Classification
Department