[BALZAC (Jean-Louis GUEZ DE)].

[BALZAC (Jean-Louis GUEZ DE)]. The Prince. Paris: Toussainct du Bray, Pierre Roccolet, and Claude Sonnius, 1631. Small quarto, ivory vellum, red morocco title label on the spine (late 17th-century binding). 24 (of 28) + 399 + 55 + [XIV (of XVI)] pp., signed (if complete): á4, é4, í4, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, AAa-DDd4, a-i4. FIRST EDITION of the “work that helped standardize the language and stands as one of the finest monuments of French prose.” From the library of the antiquarian bookseller and p

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