Die Frau von 30 Jahren by Honoré de Balzac (Saar-Verlag)
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La Femme de trente ans (English: A Woman Of Thirty) is a novel written by Honoré de Balzac between 1829 and 1842. This is a German edition published by Saar-Verlag in Saarbrücken around 1948, when the city was part of the French Saar Protectorate.
The typeface used in all caps on the cover is Die Schlanke (“The Slender One”). Designed by Walter Höhnisch, it was first cast by Ludwig & Mayer in Frankfurt around 1938. The ilustration is signed by “straub”.
