Short description: In French (ask us if in doubt). De Balzac, Les contes drolatiques, Paris, Il. Gustav Dore, 8th edition. Illustrated with 425 engravings by Gustave Dore. Mischievous stories collected in the abbeys of Touraine and brought to light by the Seigneur de Balzac for the entertainment of pantagruelists and others. The cycle Mischievous Stories is an ironic frivolous stylization of the Renaissance short stories. SKUMS001840