Title: La recherche de l'absolu

Title: La recherche de l'absolu Title Record # 1008619
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Date: 1834-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: French

Note: SFE3 reports seven English-language titles thus: "In this vast sequence [that is, La comédie humaine ("The Human Comedy")] his Proto-SF story, "La recherche de l'absolu" (in Études de moeurs au XIXe siècle, coll 1834; trans as The Philosopher's Stone 1844; vt Balthazar, or Science & Love 1859; vt The Alchemist 1861; vt The Alkahest 1887; vt The Quest of the Absolute 1895; vt The Tragedy of a Genius 1912; new trans Ellen Marriage as The Quest of the Absolute 1989) fits somewhat dissonantly. The protagonist, Balthazar Claes, invests everything into his search for a kind of universal element that lies at the base of all other elements, but fails. [JC]" (That is distinct titles, and it implies that John Clute knows only two distinct translations.)

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1844^ⓘData from Bleiler's "Science-Fiction: The Early Years".	English	The Philosopher's Stone
1859^ⓘTranslated by William Robson	English	Balthazar; or, Science and Love
1861^ⓘ Translated by O.W. Wight and F.B. Goodrich --OCLC 8680097, which reports that "Philosophical Studies" is displayed "at head of title"	English	The Alchemist; or, The House of Claes
1887	English	The Alkahest; or, The House of Claës
1895	English	The Quest of the Absolute
1912	English	The Tragedy of a Genius

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Philosopher's Stone	1844-00-00	Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac	J. Winchester			77	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Balthazar; or, Science and Love	1859-00-00	Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac	Routledge, Warne and Routledge			viii+ 170+ 6	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Alchemist; or, The House of Claes	1861-04-00	Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac	Rudd & Carleton		$1.00^?$: US dollar	310	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Alkahest; or, The House of Claës	1887-00-00	Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac	Roberts Brothers			307	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Quest of the Absolute	1895-00-00	Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac	J. M. Dent & Sons			x+ 226	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Quest of the Absolute (La Recherche de l'Absolu) and Other Stories	1897-00-00	H. de Balzac	Gebbie Publishing Co.			xii+ 372+ [5]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Wild Ass's Skin, The Quest of the Absolute	1900-00-00	Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac	P. F. Collier & Son (Honoré de Balzac in Twenty-Five Volumes #21)			504	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Magic Skin; The Quest of the Absolute, and Other Stories	1901-00-00	Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac	Dana Estes & Company				hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Tragedy of a Genius	1912-00-00	Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac	Greening & Co.			303	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Quest of the Absolute, Séraphita	1915-00-00	Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac	McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie (The Works of Honoré de Balzac #32)			341	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Quest of the Absolute	1989-00-00	Honoré de Balzac^?Honore de Balzac	Dedalus	0-946626-54-5	£4.95^?£: UK pound	xvi+ 226	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Tim Gray

Reviews

Review [English] by Everett F. Bleiler (1991) in Science Fiction: The Early Years