This is a rare edition of Leon Gozlan's Balzac en Pantoufles ( "Balzac in Slippers"), in French, original, not a reprint or a reproduction.

GREAT PROVENANCE:  From the estate of Louis Weiner and Dora Bierer Weiner.  More on the Weiners below:

Louis Weiner and his wife Dora Bierer Weiner were scholars, doctors, and respected authority on all things Balzac.  This manuscript is from the estate of Louis Weiner an Mrs. Dora Weiner, of Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California. 

"Mr. Louis Weiner is actively engaged in writing a Life of Balzac, incorporating many facts from Balzac's correspondence which have been disregarded by other biographers, and which throw new light on the great novelist's real personality. 

LARGE VOLUME, 9.9 x 6.7 inches.

Check out my other listings for a number of RARE Balzac books, both in English and French, which also come from the estates of the late Louis Weiner, and Dora Bierer Weiner. 

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