BALZAC (H. de). HISTORY OF THE GRANDEUR AND DECADENCE OF CESAR BIROTTEAU, perfumer, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Deputy Mayor of the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. New scene in Parisian life. Paris, chez l'éditeur, 3, rue Coq-Héron, 1838. 2 volumes in-8, half beige morocco, decorated smooth spines (period binding). ORIGINAL EDITION. Attractive copy, free of freckles and bound at the time; it contains well the errata leaves, the 4-page extract from Edouard Ourliac's Figaro and the 4 leaves of Balzac's catalogue of works at the end of the last volume.