BALZAC, Honoré de. Sons of the Soil. (Les Paysans.) George Routledge & Sons. 1891
Half title with ad. on verso, front. & one plate. Orig. blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. A v.g. bright copy.
¶Les Paysans, first published as an incomplete pirated edition, Bruxelles, 1845. First legitimate (and complete) French edition, Paris, 1855. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION; same translation as the 1890 first American edition, (Boston: Roberts Bros.), by Katharine Wormeley.