Causeries du samedi

First edition.
Half brown shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with black fillets decorated with double black compartments enhanced with gilt fleurons at their centers, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
About Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, Alexis de Tocqueville, Alphonse de Lamartine, Voltaire, Alexandre Dumas fils...