Honoré de BALZAC.

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Honoré de BALZAC.
The Superior Woman. La Maison Nucingen, la Torpille. Paris, Werdet, 1838. 2 volumes in-8: paperback, printed covers of yellow paper: folders in half plum leather, case. First edition of the three titles. La Femme supérieure will later become Les Employés. Autographs signed on each of the two false titles: à ma bonne mère son fils Honoré Balzac had a sometimes conflicting relationship with his mother Anne-Charlotte-Laure née Sallambier, daughter of a wealthy Paris merchant who had become an agent for military supplies during the Revolution. In January 1845, he wrote to Madame Hanska: "All my misfortunes came from my mother; she ruined me by calculation and for pleasure. For sixteen years I have been struggling against the horrible situation she has made for me." Very exaggerated but unambiguous reproaches. Born in 1778, Madame Balzac was to outlive her son by four years: she died in 1854. The works dedicated by the novelist to his mother are of great rarity. A fine copy. It has been carefully washed and rebound under its covers dated 1839. Provenance: Jean Davray (1961, no. 122), Pierre Duché (II, 1972, no. 22) and Daniel Sickles (II, 1989, no. 251).
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