The PHYSIOLOGY of MARRIAGE - Honore de Balzac LTD EDITION 246/1000 Macnamara

Description: >>>>>> BUY WITH CONFIDENCE <<<>>> MANY YEARS OF EBAY EXPERIENCE <<<>>> TRUSTED SELLER < <<>>> 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK <<<<< The Physiology of Marriage OR MEDITATIONS OF AN ECLECTIC PHILOSOPHER ON HAPPINESS AND UNHAPPINESS IN MARRIAGE BY Honore de Balzac AND TRANSLATED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY Francis Macnamara This edition of Francis Macnamara's translation of Balzac's Physiology of Marriage is limited to 1,000 copies of which this is No. 246 LONDON The Casanova Society MCMXXV [1925] Book Specification Format Quarter cloth bound hard cover Language English Pagination xlviii, 312 [blank leaf] Book Size Quarto Approx. Book Dimensions (Width, Height, Depth) in mm 201 x 266 x 32 Approx weight (grammes) 1030g (I)SBN n/a Date This Edition Published 1925 Date Of Original Publication this edition, 1925 ; first published 1829 Condition / Description (please see foot of listing for rating key) GOOD plus : no dust jacket, hard cover, publisher's original half terracotta cloth with paper spine lable with black text the edges of which are a little scuffed, page ends deckled (i.e. untrimmed), rubbed & a little soiled, patchy fading to paper lining boards, three small insect holes in upper panel towards top edge, couple of minor impact marks to same, spine ends bumped, bump to lower edge of front panel, hinges strong, binding firm, a little toning to endpapers, no inscriptions, text block very clean & bright, a spare spine label is loose at the rear of the book The Physiology of Marriage by Honore de Balzac Translated, with an Introduction by Francis Macnamara This edition of Francis Macnamara's translation of Balzac's Physiology of Marriage is limited to 1,000 copies of which this is No. 246 'The Physiology of Marriage is a series of meditations on the more quotidian aspects of loving and living with another—many of which arrive at the rather contemporary conclusion that marriage is exceedingly difficult, liable to end in adultery. The book has moments of surprising candor about men and women, and Balzac clearly knows a thing or two about, you know, the Human Comedy. [It is] an extraordinary kind of precursor to the self-help manual. Balzac was thirty when it was published, and already he felt he knew enough about the institution of marriage to advise others on the matter. And maybe he did: though he hadn’t married yet, he’d already perfected the art of the aphorism. This book is full of them. “To saunter is a science; it is the gastronomy of the eye. To take a walk is to vegetate; to saunter is to live.” “A man ought not to marry without having studied anatomy, and dissected at least one woman.” And “Marriage is a fight to the death, before which the wedded couple ask a blessing from heaven, because it is the rashest of all undertakings to swear eternal love; the fight at once commences and victory, that is to say liberty, remains in the hands of the cleverer of the two.”' [Dan Piepenbring, The Paris Review, May 20, 2014] This is the First Edition of the Macnamara translation, published by The Casanova Society, London, 1925. Postage & Packaging I am a bookseller based in the South West of England. I have over ten years experience of operating on eBay, and post items to every corner of the globe, without exception. Once you have paid for your book it will be despatched to you on the next available posting day. My aim is to get your book to you promptly and above all safely, without damage. 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