May 17, 2007 - Sale 2114

Sale 2114 - Lot 131

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
ORIGINAL COMÉDIE HUMAINE ILLUSTRATIONS (ILLUSTRATION ART.) Balzac, Honoré de. Original illustrations by George Roux for La Comédie Humaine likely the Roberts Brothers edition published in Boston, 1896. 5 oil paintings on wood panels. 353mmx268mm; 13 7/8x10 1/2 inches; each with French and English translation and page number mounted to verso. Lot includes an additional illustration (of a dinner scene) on thick board, in watercolor heightened in copper paint and some color; image is same dimension as on panels, edges chipped. should be seen. Np, 1890s