BALZAC (Honoré de). Physiologie du mariage. Paris, Levavasseur, 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 later long-grained red half-maroquin in the taste of Romantic bindings, smooth spine decorated. Cercle des Phocéens stamp. (slight foxing). Expert : M. Nicolas ASVISIO