00868cam a2200181 4500 1261933852 TxAuBib 790714s1899||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u (OCoLC)5169555 UPRA TxAuBib Balzac, Honor♭ de, 1799-1850. The quest of the absolute : La recherche de l'absolu : and other stories / H. de Balzac ; translated by Ellen Marriage ; with a pref. by George Saintsbury. Philadelphia : Gebbie Pub. Co., 1899. xii, 372 p. [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. Half-title: The com♭die humaine. Binder's title: The novels of Balzac. Library edition. The quest of the absolute -- The unknown masterpiece -- Christ in Flanders -- Melmoth reconciled -- The red house.