[BALZAC (Honoré de)]. Physiologie du mariage, ou méditations de philosophie éclectique sur le bonheur et le malheur conjugal, published by a young bachelor. Paris, Levavasseur Urbain Canel, 1830. 2 volumes in-8, first edition. Rare and famous edition, notably for the typographical play on pages 207 to 210 of the second volume, explained by the author on page 347. Complete with warning leaf ending with: "Les dames n'entrent pas ici". Bound in posterior red half-maroquin with corners, smooth spine decorated, signed L. Pouillet. A very fine copy. (small bump to one corner, slight rubbing). Expert : Monsieur Nicolas Asvisio