BALZAC (H. de). OEUVRES COMPLETES. Paris, Furne, Dubochet, Hetzel et Paulin, Houssiaux, 1842-1855. 20 volumes in-8, half red chagrin, spine decorated (period binding). Volume I; Furne, Dubochet, J. Hetzel et Paulin, 1842. Volume II; Furne, 1846. Volume III; Furne, 1846. Volume IV; Furne, Dubochet, 1845. Volume V; Furne, Dubochet, 1843. Volume VI; Houssiaux, 1853. Volume VII; Furne, Dubochet, 1844. Volume VIII; Houssiaux, 1853. Volume IX; Furne, Dubochet, 1843. Volume X; Furne, Dubochet, 1844. Volume XI; Furne, Dubochet, 1844. Volume XII; Furne, Dubochet, 1846. Volume XIII; Furne, Dubochet, 1845. Volume XIV; Furne, Dubochet, 1845. Volume XV; Furne, Dubochet, 1845. Volume XVI; Furne, Dubochet, 1846. Volume XVII; Furne, 1852. Volumes XVIII to XX; Houssiaux, 1855. Complete works of the Comédie Humaine uniformly bound. To the seventeen volumes published during Balzac's lifetime are added three volumes published in 1855 by Houssiaux for the end of the Comédie humaine, the Théâtre and the Contes drolatiques. The illustrations include a fine metal-engraved portrait of Balzac and 146 out-of-text figures by the best artists of the day. Usual brown spots.