Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850

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From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.] to [Alphonse] Lamartine, 1840 Mar. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875523

Honoré de Balzac was a prolific French 19th century novelist best known for his multi-volume work, La comédie humaine.

From the description of Honoré de Balzac letter to monsieur, 1843 December 31. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40526434

Honeré de Balzac was a French novelist. Along with Flaubert, he is generally regarded as a founding father of realism in European literature. His work, the bulk of which is collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, is a broad panorama of French society in the period of the Restoration (1815-1830) and the July Monarchy (1830-1848).

From the guide to the Honoré de Balzac Letters, 1832-1844, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

French novelist.

From the description of Autograph letter signed "Honoré" : [Paris], to Ch. Dablin, [1837] 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622389

From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to M. Darthenay, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623230

Honoré de Balzac was a prolific French writer, best known for his multi-volume novel La comédie humaine.

From the description of Advertisement for Les oeuvres complètes de H. de Balzac from l'Univers illustré, 1867. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 41021175
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creatorOf Claflin, Avery, 1898-1979. Avery Claflin scores, 1929-1979. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. La double famille, [18--]. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Le papa Gobseck, undated. Texas Christian University
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. La piel de Zapa [recurso electrónico] / Balzac. Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Petrilla [recurso electrónico] / Balzac. Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. The school of matrimony = (L'école des ménages) : domestic tragedy in five acts / by Honoré de Balzac ; translated and adapted for the English stage, by authority, from the version used at the Théâtre de l'Odeon (le Second Théâtre Français), Paris, by Frank Allen. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Collection of 28 photographs in 4 large mounts, of a visit made to Balzac's home, the Château de la Chevriège, by a carriage party towards the end of the 19th century. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Honoré de Balzac Letters, 1832-1844 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Bowen, Benjamin Lester, 1860-1920. Papers, ca. 1901. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Une ténébreuse affaire, par m. Hónoré de Balzac. Epreuves. University of Chicago Library
referencedIn Fonds Louis Jouvet Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des arts du spectacle
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Autograph letter signed "Honoré" : [Paris], to Ch. Dablin, [1837] 22. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. La obra maestra desconocida [recurso electrónico] / Balzac. Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. La interdicción [recurso electrónico] / Balzac. Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. La femme de trente ans, [1842?]. Texas Christian University
referencedIn Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982 Houghton Library
referencedIn Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900. Autograph letter signed : Woodford, to Arthur Moore, [1889 Oct. 21]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Honore de Balzac collection, 1832-1850 [photostats] Princeton University Library
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
referencedIn Garnand, Harry Jennings, 1889-. The influence of Walter Scott on the works of Balzac, by H.J. Garnand ... University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Lírio del valle [recurso electrónico] / Balzac. Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. La bella imperia [recurso electrónico] / Balzac. Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
creatorOf Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900. Collection of autograph letters and postal cards signed : primarily Woodford and London, to Arthur Moore, 1888-1896 1889-1890. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Gordon, Douglas H.,. Collection of French autograph letters [manuscript], ca. 1834/5-1931, n.d. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Autograph letter signed : Carlsruuhe, Germany, to Madame de Brugnol, 1845 July 2. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. [Le papa Gobseck. n.d.]. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. La peau de chagrin / Honoré de Balzac, aut. adapté ; Ronan Doineau, voix. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
referencedIn Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940. Letter 1924 June 18, Staten Island, N.Y. [to] City Editor of the Examiner, [New York City] / Edwin Markham. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
referencedIn Britton, Henry C.,. Henry C. Britton collection, 1895-1906 and undated. Houghton Library
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Le colonel Chabert [Multimédia multisupport] / Honoré de Balzac, aut. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
referencedIn Manuscripts and proofs of New Directions books, 1937-1997. Houghton Library
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.] to Monsieur d'Ablin, [no year] June 2. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Pérez Galdós, Benito, 1843-1920. [Plays and short fiction in Spanish]. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Maatsch, Thilo, 1900-. Das unbekannte Meisterwerk (essay), 1952. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Le colonel Chabert [Multimédia multisupport] / Honoré de Balzac, aut. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. La paz del hogar [recurso electrónico] / Balzac. Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to M. Darthenay, [n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Wells, Gabriel, 1862-1946. Correspondence, 1920-1939. New Hampshire Newspaper Project
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. La paix du ménage. University of Chicago Library
referencedIn Letters to Ernst Curtius and Ernst Robert Curtius, 1841-1956. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Eugénie Grandet : autograph manuscript of the novel, 1833 Dec. 24. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Bouteron, Marcel, b. 1877. Marcel Bouteron collection, 1911-1929. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Advertisement for Les oeuvres complètes de H. de Balzac from l'Univers illustré, 1867. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Grandeza y decadencia de César Birotteau [recurso electrónico] / Balzac. Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Letter, undated. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Artinian, Artine, 1907-2005. Artine Artinian Collection, 1785-1963. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Desnoyers, 1829 Mar. 20. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Wormeley, Katharine Prescott,. Autograph letters signed from Katharine Prescott Wormeley, Jackson, N.H. and Newport, R.I., to Augustin Daly [manuscript], 1894-1897. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Pedro Salinas papers, ca. 1912-1975 (inclusive), 1936-1951 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Champfleury, 1821-1889. Notes et journals intimes, [ca. 1853]-1888. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Honorina [recurso electrónico] / Balzac. Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. La prima Bela [recurso electrónico] / Balzac. Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.] to [Alphonse] Lamartine, 1840 Mar. 14. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Charpentier, 1834 Oct. 26. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Misa del ateo [recurso electrónico] / Balzac. Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
referencedIn Curtius, Ernst, 1814-1896. Letters to Ernst Curtius and Ernst Robert Curtius, 1841-1956. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945. Letter, 1939 March 4, Richmond, to Dr. Milton Kronovet, Brooklyn [manuscript]. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Sones, Jackie. Balzac, Stendhal and the Napoleonic influence. / by Jackie Sones. University of Houston, Clear Lake, Alfred R. Neumann Library
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Document signed : Paris, 1848 Aug. 2. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Emile Chevalet, 1835 Nov. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Bouteron, Marcel, b. 1877. Marcel Bouteron collection, 1911-1929. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Day, F. Holland (Fred Holland), 1864-1933. Fred Holland Day correspondence with Spoelberch de Lovenjoul, 1889-1892. Houghton Library
referencedIn Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900. Autograph letter signed : Woodford, to Arthur Moore, 1889 [Oct. 27]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. La paix du ménage. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Dargan, Edwin Preston, 1879-1940,. Balzac research collection, [18--]. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Wormeley, Katharine Prescott. Letter to Com. Stedman, May 6, 1879 and unknown, Jan. 20, 1889 / Katharine P. Wormeley. University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. La femme de trente ans, [1842?]. University of Chicago Library
referencedIn William Hobart Royce Papers, 1901-1962 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. La peau de chagrin / Honoré de Balzac, aut. adapté ; Ronan Doineau, voix. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
creatorOf Falbe, Lucie C. La marquise [microform] : drama in four acts founded on a plot by Balzac / Lucie C. Falbe. University of Missouri -- Columbia, MU Libraries; University of Missouri; MU; Ellis Library; University of Missouri Columbia
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Etude de femme [Multimédia multisupport] : extr. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
referencedIn Avery Claflin scores, 1929-1979 The New York Public Library. Music Division.
referencedIn Liszt, Blandine, 1835-1862. Autograph letter signed, dated : Berlin Sept. 2 1855, to her father [Franz Liszt], 1855 Sept. 2. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn John Davis Batchelder Collection of Manuscripts, 1537-1944, (bulk 1800-1910) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Michaud, Régis, 1880-1939. Papers, 1909-1956. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. [Une double famille]. University of Chicago Library
referencedIn French Literature mss., ca. 1750-1977 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Symonds, John Addington, 1840-1893. Studies on art and literature, ca. 1867-1876. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Les célibataires. [Le curé de Tours. 1832. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Adams, Elbridge L., 1866-. Collection of books from the library of William Faulkner. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Le Blanc, Amana Marie. The dialectics of desire and the real : logic a la mancha / by Amana Marie Le Blanc. University of Houston, Clear Lake, Alfred R. Neumann Library
referencedIn Moore, George, 1852-1933. Shakespeare and Balzac [manuscript], ca. 1910-1914. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Funken, L. Un panaorama de La comédie humaine / L. Funken. Santa Clara University
creatorOf Claflin, Avery, 1898-1979. La grande Brétèche = Bricks and some mortar : orchestral score / [Avery Claflin]. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Eugénie Grandet [Multimédia multisupport] / Honoré de Balzac, aut. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
referencedIn S. I. U. (Sergei IUl'evich) Vitte autograph album, 1723-1889. Houghton Library
referencedIn Fred Holland Day correspondence with Spoelberch de Lovenjoul, 1889-1892. Houghton Library
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Le papa Gobseck, [18--]. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Eugenia Grandet [recurso electrónico] / Balzac. Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to the duchesse d'Abrantès, [n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Rosamond B. Loring collection of printed endpapers, 1900-1950 (inclusive), 1920-1941 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. El coronel Chabert [recurso electrónico] / Balzac. Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Les Chouans [Multimédia multisupport] / Honoré de Balzac, aut. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. L'interdiction. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Etude de femme [Multimédia multisupport] : extr. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
referencedIn Karl Jacoby collection of printed works by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, 1891-1945. Houghton Library
creatorOf Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851. Autograph file, B, ca. 1500-1976. Houghton Library
referencedIn Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Autograph letters signed (15), dated : Paris [and n.p.], [1854]-1864 [and n.d.], to [Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein], 1854 Dec. 16, [1854]-1864 [and n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Preston, Ethel. Supplement to the reappearing characters in Balzac's Comédie humaine, by Ethel Preston. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. H. de Balzac: traités avec ses éditeurs et affaires de librairie. [1836-52]. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Gloire et malheur. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Dyne, Michael. Studio one-- "Sail with the tide" / especially written for Studio one by Michael Dyne ; suggested by a story by Honore de Balzac. Bowling Green State University, BGSU Libraries
referencedIn Butor, Michel. Michel Butor papers, 1981-1983. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Honoré de Balzac letter to monsieur, 1843 December 31. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917. Auguste Rodin collection. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Eugénie Grandet [Multimédia multisupport] / Honoré de Balzac, aut. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. La double famille, [18--]. Texas Christian University
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Le secret des ruggieri : manuscript, [1836]. Texas Christian University
referencedIn Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-. Autograph letter signed : Avèze, France to Adeline Tintner, 1991 Aug. 6. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Ferguson, Muriel Blackstock. La volonté dans la "Comédie humaine" de Balzac : manuscript, ca. 1935. Houghton Library
referencedIn Catherine Kolb Collection, 1907-1908 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883. Wood blocks for Balzac's Contes drolatiques. Houghton Library
creatorOf Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956. Sterling and Francine Clark Papers: Reading Library, 1707-1961. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, The Clark
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Autograph letter signed : [Nemours], to "Mon cher Kernock" [Eugène Sue], [1832 Nov. 18]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Claflin, Avery, 1898-1979. Bretèche / [Avery Claflin]. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Les Chouans [Multimédia multisupport] / Honoré de Balzac, aut. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
referencedIn Artine Artinian Collection TXRC06-A10., 1785-1963 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
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