Droll Stories collected from The Abbeys of Touraine
Balzac, Honoré
| Publisher | Williams Reeves, |
|---|---|
| Binding | Hardback |
| Condition | Good+, sound copy |
| SKU | 27330 |
| Notes | Very slightly sunned to the spine else decorations are bright. Very clean and sound. |
Description
Hardback. Attractive bound with pictorial boards in black and gilto n red. Illustrated throughout with with 425 ‘designs’ by Gustave Doré. xxxii, 651pp. Most of the preliminary pages are taken up with the extensive list of engravings by Doré. Originally published as Les Cent Contes Drolatiques there are in fact 30 short stories grouped into three "decades" (groups of ten). Translated into English.
