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The rise and fall of César Birotteau = (Grandeur et décadence de César Birotteau)

Title
The rise and fall of César Birotteau = (Grandeur et décadence de César Birotteau) / H. de Balzac ; translated by Ellen Marriage ; with a preface by George Saintsbury.
Author
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.
Publication
London : T. and A. Constable at the University of Edinburgh Press for J. M. Dent ; New York : Macmillan & Co., 1896.

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Additional Authors
  • Boucher, William, active 1886
  • Marriage, Ellen
  • Saintsbury, George, 1845-1933
Description
xi, 348 p., [3] leaves of plates, including frontispiece : ill.; 20 cm.
Series Statement
  • Comédie humaine / H. de Balzac.
  • Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Comédie humaine. English.
Alternative Title
César Birotteau.
Note
  • Issued in green cloth-covered boards, with author's last name gold stamped on front cover.
  • Many leaves with deckled edges.
  • Plates drawn and etched by W. Boucher.
Access (note)
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Call Number
Berg Coll Kerouac ZA3 B35 1896
Author
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.
Title
The rise and fall of César Birotteau = (Grandeur et décadence de César Birotteau) / H. de Balzac ; translated by Ellen Marriage ; with a preface by George Saintsbury.
Imprint
London : T. and A. Constable at the University of Edinburgh Press for J. M. Dent ; New York : Macmillan & Co., 1896.
Series
Comédie humaine / H. de Balzac.
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Comédie humaine. English.
Access
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Local Note
Berg Collection copy formerly owned by Jack Kerouac, water damaged while in his possession, and acquired with the the Jack Kerouac Archive in June 2001.
Berg Collection copy inscribed by Jack Kerouac in pencil on first flyleaf, recto, "John Kerouac / 1949," and and marked by Kerouac in black crayon on front paste-down with his cross device.
Berg Collection copy lacking spine.
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Added Author
Boucher, William, active 1886 Artist
Marriage, Ellen Translator
Saintsbury, George, 1845-1933 Editor
Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 Former owner
Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 Signer
Added Title
César Birotteau.
Research Call Number
Berg Coll Kerouac ZA3 B35 1896
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