Souvestre, Émile — Sous La Tonnelle

D Giraud, Paris 1853 2nd edition. Full contemporary red calf, VG+. 259pp, decorative printed colour endpapers, attractive Second Empire French binding with gilt designs on the boards & spine, all edges gilt, half title removed, leather a little darkened to the spine & board edges, corners bumped, occasional light foxing, more so to the title, a nice copy. Early edition of a later work by the French author Émile Souvestre [ 1806 - 1854 ], which is a collection of short stories.