Balzac The Unknown Masterpiece

BALZAC, HONORE DE: THE UNKNOWN MASTERPIECE The Maranas. A Seashore Drama. The Red Inn. Master Cornelius. The Caxton Publishing Company, London, 1899

This vol only, Caxton edition, green boards, gilt titles on spine and embossed emblem centre front board in gilt, page edges rough cut, top edge gilt, 334pp, illus, VG- (v sl internal separation at front joint, v sl white scuff marks to boards, sl bruised corners, sl bumped spine head & foot, sl edge wear, v sl paste action to prelims)

[SW: honore de balzac la comedie humaine]

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ASHTON, DORE. A Fable Of Modern Art. Thames and Hudson, London: 1980. ISBN: 0500233012

128 pages. Dore Ashton's masterly analysis of modern art revolves around a number of clues, the most significant and persistent of which is provided by Balzac's brilliant and little know 'philosophic' story The Unknown Masterpiece, with its unexpected pointers towards Cezanne, Picasso and the abstract expressionists. This 'fable' is discussed not only within the context from which it emerged - early nineteenth-century romanticism - but also in relation to its embodiment of various attitudes art. Rilke, Schoenberg and Kandinsky are also drawn upon to illuminate the artist's yearning to express the inexpressible, to make the abstract concrete: Rilke's fascination with angelism, Schoenberg's absorption with Swedenborgianism, th influence of theosophy on Kandinsky. Includes an Index. Hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar cover. Good condition.

[SW: (Key Words: Modern Art, Dore Ashton, Rainer Maria Rilke, Arnold Schoenberg, Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky, Emanuel Swedenborg, Honore de Balzac, Lou Andreas-Salome, Paul Cezanne, Charles Baudelaire).]

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Honore De Balzac: The Human Comedy - La Comedie Humaine - 11 Volume Set, Philadelphia, USA George Barrie & Sons 1896 ; fester Einband / hard cover
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11 volumes - each volume has between 5 and 10 etchings. Printed for subscribers only - publishing years ranges from 1896 to 1898. All books are in pretty good condition - all the spines have faded in the same manner and a couple of them are a bit worn around the edges. Titles are: The Lily Of The Valley; The Unknown Masterpiece / The Maranas / A Seashore Dream / The Red Inn / Master Cornelius; The Poor Relations / First Episode / Cousin Betty volume 1 and volume 2; The Poor Relations / Second Episode / Cousin Pons; The House Of The Cat And Racket / The Dance At Sceaux / The Purse / The Vendetta; The Illustrious Gaudissart / The Muse Of The Department; The Marriage Contract / La Grenadiere / Gobseck; The Country Doctor; History Of The Thirteen / Ferragus, Chief Of The Devorants; La Duchesse De Langeais; Old Goriot Cloth Previous Owner's Name Appears on First Page

[SW: Literature]

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BALZAC, Honore de. (The Human Comedy). Adieu. Albert Savarus. Beatrix. Catherine de Medici. The Celibates. Cesar Birotteau. The Chouans. The Civil Service. Les Contes Drolatiques. The Country Doctor. The Deputy from Arcis. A Double Family. Eugenie Grandet. Gambara. History of the Thirteen. Honorine. The House of the Cat and Racket. The House of Nucingen. The Illustrious Gaudissart. Jesus Christ in Flanders. The Lily of the Valley. Lost Illusions. The Magic Skin. The Marriage Contract. Memoirs of Two Young Wives. Modeste Mignon. Old Goriot. The Old Maid. A Passion in the Desert. The Peasants. The Petty Bourgeois. Physiology of Marriage. The Poor Relations. The Quest of the Absolute. The Repertory of La Comedie Humaine. Splendours and Miseries. A Start in Life. The Unknown Masterpiece. Ursule Mirouet. The Village Cure. A Woman of Thirty. Z. Marcas. London: The Caxton Publishing Company (1896-1900).

Caxton edition, 53 volumes, 8vo. Frontispieces and further plates in the text. Original gilt titled green cloth, gilt monogram to upper covers, a couple of bumps to spines, head of one spine a little worn, otherwise an excellent bright set, largely unopened, t.e.g.

[SW: Literature Sets]

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