Front jacket illustration - Balzac wearing his monk's robe, by Boulanger. Also Page 76 - Balzac in his monk's habit by Louis Boulanger, 1829. Gautier wrote of it: There is in this head of a monk and a trooper, a rare mixture of reflection and good humour, of resolution and high temper: the thinker and the man of action mingle in an odd harmony.

Front jacket illustration - Balzac wearing his monk's robe, by Boulanger. Also Page 76 - Balzac in his monk's habit by Louis Boulanger, 1829. Gautier wrote of it: There is in this head of a monk and a trooper, a rare mixture of reflection and good humour, of resolution and high temper: the thinker and the man of action mingle in an odd harmony. Stock Photo
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2662 x 3352 px | 22.5 x 28.4 cm | 8.9 x 11.2 inches | 300dpi

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28 August 2019

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Front jacket illustration - Balzac wearing his monk's robe, by Boulanger. Also Page 76 - Balzac in his monk's habit by Louis Boulanger, 1829. Gautier wrote of it: There is in this head of a monk and a trooper, a rare mixture of reflection and good humour, of resolution and high temper: the thinker and the man of action mingle in an odd harmony.

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