BALZAC (Honoré de). La peau de chagrin. Paris, H. Delloye, VIctor Lecou, 1838. Large in-8, first illustrated edition, with 100 in-text engraved vignettes by Baron, Janet-Lange, Gavarni, Français, Marckl, etc. Copy inscribed "Et. Soc.-T.XXVI" at the bottom of the first page, the title vignette with the complete skeleton, the two in-text engraved portraits on pages 149 and 287, and the figure of the gardener seen from the back on page 301. Bound in contemporary havana Russian half-leather, smooth spine decorated with cold stamping and gilt fillets. (very rare brown spots) Expert : M. Nicolas ASVISIO