BALZAC (Honoré de) Works of M. de Balzac. Nouveaux contes philosophiques. Paris, Gosselin, 1832, in-8, half-bound. navy blue calf, smooth spine, decorated (contemporary binding). ORIGINAL EDITION with woodcut frontispiece after Tony Johannot, containing Louis Lambert, Maître Cornélius and Madame Firmiani. Stamp of the Sainte-Geneviève school on the serpente and title, and some freckling.