BALZAC, Honoré de.

Die Geschichte von der Liebe der schönen Seneschallin Blanche, anders Die lässliche Sünde...

Stock Code 47401

Basel, Verlag Birkhäuser, 1951

£200.00 - £200.00

£200.00

£200.00 - £200.00

£200.00

The Catholic Church placed Balzac's work on their list of Banned Books, the Index Librorum Prohibitorum in 1841, where it remained up until the Index was abolished in 1966 by Pope Paul VI.

Limited edition, 8vo, one of 350 copies. Translated by Walter Widmer; 5 coloured woodcuts by Felix Hoffmann; typography by Jan Tschichold. Original vellum, gilt. A lovely copy in the original orange card slipcase.

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Provenance

Provenance: Fürstliche Hofbibliothek Donaueschingen (library stamp).

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