Honore de Balzac, French novelist Cat flea Aerial view of a compound

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

was sunk by a German mine in the North Atlantic in 1916

published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

She succeeded her half-sister

'The Burning Of Cranmer'

Honore de Balzac, French novelist Cat flea Aerial view of a compoundHonore 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.