BALZAC, Honoré de (1799-1850). Autograph letter signed to his publisher Hippolyte Souverain, n.p., n.d. ('Mercredi'), he has returned to town expressly in order to send Souverain a manuscript, 'redemandez en une épreuve afin d'être sûr que tout aille bien', and making arrangements for dealing with a collapsing wall at his house, announcing triumphantly in a postscipt that 'N[ou]s avons positivement plus d'un volume -- j'ai collé mes épreuves, il y a 150 feuillets qui donneront chacun 4 pages', one page, 8vo (traces of mount, minor losses to upper corners); with a portrait print.