26.5 x 22 cm. 235 pages. With 60 full-page original lithographs by Fritz Heubner. Original green morocco binding with spine and cover titles, black inlaid ornamental cover decoration, and gilt head edges. In original slipcase. (Signed: Buch und Kunst Dresden). - 2nd printing of the book corner, one of 75 numbered copies of the deluxe edition. With an additional signed suite of all 60 original lithographs in original folder. The imprint is also signed by the artist. Chouans was the first work Balzac signed with his name. He quickly added a "de" to it when his success began to open the Parisian salons to him. The story depicts the tragic end of a young nobleman, one of the last royalist resistance fighters against the revolutionary regime. The most beautiful German edition of this great novel, also superbly illustrated by Fritz Heubner. Immaculately preserved. - Rodenberg 350. - Sennewald 23.1.