BALZAC, Honoré de; René ben Sussan [Illustrator].
Eugenie Grandet.
“All human power is a compound of time and patience. Powerful beings will and wait”: The Limited Editions Club Edition of HonorÉ de Balzac's Eugénie Grandet; signed by illustrator RenÉ ben Sussan and Finely Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1960.
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The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Balzac’s short novel, later revised to be included in his ambitious project, La Comédie humaine. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe/Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and floral detailing to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, with hand-colored illustrations. Boldly signed by illustrator René ben Sussan on the colophon page at the rear. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 511. In fine condition. Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage. Introduction by Richard Aldington. Illustrated by René ben Sussan.
While he was writing Eugénie Grandet, Balzac conceived his ambitious project, La Comédie humaine, and almost immediately prepared a second edition, revising the names of some of the characters so that Eugénie Grandet then fitted into the section: Scenes from provincial life (Scènes de la vie de province) in the Comédie. Eugenie Grandet was critically well received when published. So much so that Balzac complained, "Those who call me the father of Eugenie Grandet wish to belittle me. It is a masterpiece, I know; but it is a little masterpiece; they are very careful not to mention the great ones."
Eugenie Grandet.
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