Droll Stories Collected From the Abbeys of Touraine / Honoré De Balzac
Book
650 pages. Illustrated with 425 black and white engravings by Gustave Dore.
Later printing, no date. 1874 date on preface.
Charles E. Lauriat Boston bookseller's ticket.
2015.7.143
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Short stories1890s
8 in
5-1/2 in
Honoré de Balzac
Gustave Doré
London
England
1874
Publisher's Binding- European Origin
Red decorated cloth binding with stamped elaborate decorations in black and gilt. Beveled edges. Top edge gilt. Extensive decoration to spine.
France