Honore de Balzac, French novelist Cat flea published by Lehnert & Landrock

published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

View of a manor house on Shacklewell Green

Aerial view of a compound non-achromatic microscope with fittings including hand held lenses with a turned ivory handle

The bridge and pagoda wer erected in the park in commemoration of the 'Glorious Peace of 1814'

Honore de Balzac, French novelist Cat flea published by Lehnert & LandrockHonore de Balzac, French novelist, c1845 1890. Balzac (1799 1850) qualified as a lawyer, but abandoned the legal profession for literature. He was a prolific author of novels and, in particular, short stories, some of which are regarded as being amongst the greatest in the French language. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1845 1890, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L'Arcade, Paris 8, 1845 1890.