Honoré de BALZAC. Traité de la vie élégante. Paris, Librairi - Lot 82

Honoré de BALZAC. Traité de la vie élégante. Paris, Librairie nouvelle, 1855. In-16, olive-green half-calf with corners, smooth spine decorated, gilt head, cover and spine (Saulnier). Vicaire, I-233 /// 95. First edition. A fine copy, despite the faded spine and soiled cover. Enclosed: Honoré de BALZAC. Le Centenaire, ou Les Deux Béringheld. Brussels and Leipzig, Allgemeine Niederlandische Buchhandlung, 1836. 2 volumes in-12, blue half-basin, decorated smooth spines (period binding). I. VI-7 to 300 / II. 300. Probable Belgian counterfeit, not mentioned in bibliographies. The original appeared in Paris in 1822, and the only counterfeit listed by Van der Perre is that of Bruxelles, Melines, 1837.