BALZAC, Honoré de. - La Comédie humaine. Text revised and annotated by Marcel Bouteron and Henri Longnon - Paris, Louis Conard, 1912-1922 - 26 volumes in-8 square; half fawn basane, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets, fleurons and dotted lines, havana chagrin headpieces, gilt heads (period binding). Edition forming the first twenty-six volumes of the OEuvres complètes; it is decorated with illustrations by Charles Huard wood-engraved by Pierre Gusman. A good copy of this interesting edition: "Notes placed at the end of each volume will give readers brief and precise information on the terms, facts and objects that we feel require explanation". (Editor's note).