Maximes

by Balzac

$275 · Offered by Ursus Books

BALZAC. Maximes. iv , 197 pp. 8vo., bound in three-quarter brown morocco, with five raised bands on the spine, t.e.g., by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. London: Arthur Humphreys, 1912.A lovely copy in French and English, with the languages running alongside one another on facing pages. A beautiful compilation of these classic sayings, many of which concern the fair sex, and among which are A woman of fifty will do anything for a man - a

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