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777 - Scenes from the private and public life of animals.
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Estimate €250 - €300

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Scenes from the private and public life of animals. Vignettes by Grandville. Études de moeurs contemporaines published under the direction of M. P.-J. Stahl [...]. 2 vols. in-8° (russ., stains and soiling, false-titles soiled, vol.I: restored tear on plate p. 38, minor edge loss on plate p. 312, reinforcement on upper edges p. 313 and on plate p. 314; vol.II: mould on last 2 ff., marg. reinforcement p. 305, worm work on last f.). - First edition of this great satirical fresco, sought-after for its woodcut anthropomorphic illustration by Grandville. First edition of 199 (out of 201: without the plate of vol. I, p. 372 "So won't you be surprised to learn that it belongs to a famous administration located in Jerusalem" and the plate of vol.II, p. 314 "Don't you find it pretty?") h.-t. including 2 frontispieces, and numerous in-texts. Several h.-t. are in reprint, notably the frontispiece of vol. I (here without text) and the plate of vol. II, p. 48. - Ref. Carteret III:552-559. - Vicaire VII:405-416. - Brivois 364-370.

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777 - Scenes from the private and public life of animals. See original version (French)

777 - Scenes from the private and public life of animals.
See original version (French)