BALZAC HONORÉ DE: (1799-1850) French Novelist and Playwright. Best known for his masterwork novel La Comedie Humaine, a multi-novel collection of novels written over twenty years. Scarce A.L.S., `de Balzac´, one page, small 8vo, n.p., n.d., in French. Balzac states in part `Je n'étais pas venu seulement vous prier d'envoyer ce jour une loge bien chauffée à mes nièces…mais aussi pour causer théatre et vous demander quelques renseignements; mais je suis si pressé que je ne puis que vous dire de me réserver 1/4 d'heure de votre temps..´ (“I had not only come to ask you to send a well-heated lodge to my nieces that day…but also to talk about theatre and ask you for some information; but I'm in such a hurry that I can only tell you to reserve 1/4 hour of your time for me..”) With blank integral leaf. G