These Thirty Two Volumes Are Bound In Red Cloth With Paper Labels On The Spines. Each Volume Is Illustrated With Several Photogravures Depicting Scenes From Balzac's Stories.  It Is A Fine Collection Of Nineteenth Century Literature Which Also Contains A Fifty Page Biography Of Balzac.  This is An Important Collection Containing Material Which Not Only Changed The Shape Of Literature During Balzac's Lifetime But Also Influenced Writers For More Than A Century After His Death. The stories Included In This Set Are: The Magic Skin, The Country Doctor, The Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau, The Secrets of a Princess, The Country Parson, A Distinguished Provincial At Paris, Beatrix, Lost Delusions, The Lily of the Valley, The Firm of Nucingen, A Daughter of Eve, Letters of Two Brides, A Marriage Settlement, A Woman of Thirty, About Catherine de Medici, Gambara, The Quest of The Absolute, Ursule Mirouet, Cousin Betty, The Peasantry, Scenes From a Courtesan's Life, Cousin Pons, The Gondreville Mystery, The Muse of The Department, Modeste Mignon, A Bachelor's Establishment, Honorine, At The Sign of the Cat and Racket, Seraphita, Eugenie Grandet, The Thirteen, The Middle Classes, The Government Clerks, The Jealousies of a Country Town, The Commission in Lunacy, The Chouans, A Passion in the Desert, The Seamy Side of History, The Member for Arcis, and Father Groiot. The set also contains many other short stories. Some of the books contain a former owner's bookplate and some of the hinges have been reinforced. The top edges of the pages are gilded. This is a fine collection of literature which will make a wonderful addition to any library.