First edition. Contributions notably by George Sand "Une vieille histoire", Anaïs Ségalas "Un visage rose et un visage ridé", Ernestine Legouvé "Un lâche", Amable Tastu "Trop tard", Marie de Surville "Mystère", Isabelle de Montolieu "Mina"... Lacks to spine ends, occasional light foxing. Rare gathering of the first four volumes of these works written by women writers.