Clouzot, 22 ; Carteret, I, 70.<\/i><\/p>\n
First edition of this “Ouvrage remarquable, de la plus grande raret\u00e9” (Carteret).<\/span><\/p>\n The first volume does not contain the preface, supplied after publication. Lucien Scheler noted in his copy of Carterert that \u2018copies of the very first issue do not include the preface\u2019.<\/p>\n Le P\u00e8re Goriot<\/i> presents the early life of Eug\u00e8ne de Rastignac, who later becomes a recurring character appearing in numerous texts of La Com\u00e9die Humaine. In his novel, Balzac embraces all social classes and depicts them at their most beautiful and ugliest. Although he wanted to give an impression of reality by focusing on precise and pointed descriptions, he sometimes fell into the grotesque by trying to accumulate the features of his characters.<\/p>\n A fine copy with very wide margins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2 volumes, 8vo (217 x 134 mm) 2 nn.ll., pp. [19]-352, 1 nn.l. (table) for volume I; 2 nn.ll., f.n.ch., 574 p., 1 f.n.ch. de table pour le volume II. Contemporary half-calf, flat spine with lettering and numbering pieces respectively in red and black morocco, top edge gilt, original yellow wrappers (no spine) preserved (some rubbing to hinges).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":81192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[544],"product_tag":[598,1450],"class_list":{"0":"post-81199","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-literature","7":"product_tag-19th-century-literature","8":"product_tag-first-edition","9":"pa_auteur-balzac-honore-de-2","11":"first","12":"outofstock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" Honor\u00e9 de BALZAC","chapeau":"","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, imprimerie de P. Baudouin pour Werdet et Spachmann, 1835","book_type":"","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n