[BALZAC Honoré de]. Jane la pâle. Paris, Hyppolite Souverain, 1836; 2 vol. in-8 of [4]-382 pp. ; [4]-408 pp. in contemporary red half-leather binding, smooth spines decorated throughout with gilt rocaille, spotted edges. First edition under this title, under the pseudonym of Horace de Saint-Aubin, reprint of the novel Wann-Chlore, partly inspired by Laure de Berny. A fine copy. Works by Balzac in attractive contemporary bindings are very rare. A broken seam in volume I. Copy from the splendid collection of Colonel Sickles (Cat., 23 October 1991, n° 3817) - Ex-libris Pierre Latrobe (Bibliothèque d'un amateur, 11 April 2005, n° 43).