comédie humaine of Honoré de Balzac
By: [H. de Balzac] ; tr. by Katharine Prescott Wormeley ; illustrated by Jeanniot, [Laurent Desrousseaux, Adrien Moreau, etc.]
Contributors: Wormeley, Katharine Prescott.
Edition: Wormeley edition.
Publisher: Roberts Brothers
Published: 1896
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 41
Subjects: Balzac, Honoré de, -- 1799-1850
Notes: "This edition, including replica illustrations on India paper, is limited to two hundred and fifty sets, of which this is no. 17."
Table of contents: title: v.1-9. Scenes from private life: v. 1. Père Goriot.; title: v.2. Fame and sorrow.  Colonel Chabert.  The atheist's mass.  La Grande Bretèche.  The purse.  La grenadière.; title: v.3 Modeste Mignon.; title: v.4. Albert Savarus.  Paz.  Madame Firmiani.; title: v.5. Memoirs of two young married women.; title: v.6. The marriage contract.  A double life.  The peace of a home.; title: v.7. A daughter of Eve.  A commission in lunacy.  The rural ball.; title: v.8. A start in life.  Vendetta.  Study of a woman.  The message.; title: v.9. Béatrix.; title: v.10-17. Scenes from provincial life: v. 10. Eugénie Grandet.; title: v. 11. The two brothers.; title: v.12. The lily of the valley.; title: v.13. Ursula.; title: v.14. Pierrette.  The vicar of Tours.; title: v.15. The gallery of antiquities.  An old maid.  The illustrious Gaudissart.; title: v. 16. Lost illusions.; title: v.17. A great man of the provinces in Paris.; title: v.18-26. Scenes from Parisian life: v. 18. Lucien de Rubempré.; title: v.19.  The last incarnation of Vautrin.  Nucingen and co.: bankers.  Pierre Grassou.; title: v.20. Ferragus, chief of the Dévorants.  The duchesse de Langeais.; title: v.21. Rise and fall of César Birotteau.; title: v.22. Bureaucracy.; title: v.23. The lesser bourgeoisie.; title: v.24. Gobseck.  The secrets of the princesse de Cadignan.  Unconscious comedians.  Another study of woman.  Comedies played gratis.; title: v.25-26. The poor relations: v.25. Cousin Bette.  v.26. Cousin Pons.; title: v.27. Scenes from military life: The Chouans.  A passion in the desert.; title: v.28-30. Scenes from political life. v. 28. An historical mystery.  An episode under the terror.; title: v.29. The brotherhood of consolation.  Z. Marcas.; title: v.30. The deputy of Arcis.; title: v.31-33. Scenes from country life: v. 31. The country doctor.; title: v.32. The village rector.; title: v.33. Sons of the soil.; title: v. 34. The alkahest, or The house of Claës.  The hidden masterpiece.; title: v.35-39. Philosophical studies: v. 35. Catherine de' Medici.; title: v.36. Juana.  Adieu.  A drama on the seashore.  The red inn.  The recruit.  El verdugo.  The elixir of life.  The hated son.  Maître Cornélius.; title: v.37. The magic skin.; title: v. 38. Louis Lambert.  Facino Cane.  Gambara.  Melmoth absolved.; title: v. 39.  Seraphita.  Jesus Christ in Flanders.  The exiles.; title: v.40. Honoré de Balzac : a memoir /comp. and written by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. [v.41. Supplement].