BALZAC, Honoré de. The Alkahest; or, The House of Claës. George Routledge & Sons. (Balzac's Novels in English.) 1887
Half title, 8pp ads. Leading f.e.p. laid down, remains of old label on following pastedown. 'Yellowback', orig. printed boards; sl. rubbed, spine chipped in places.
¶La Recherche de l'Absolu, 1834. First English edition, 1859, under the title Balthazar, translated by W. Robson (Routledge, Warne, & Routledge). This translation by Katharine Wormeley is from the 1887 American edition (Boston: Roberts Bros.). An early American edition appeared in 1844 translated by J. Winchester under the title The Philosopher's Stone. Topp, vol. I, p.380. Not in BL.
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