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127 - GRANDVILLE. ‎Les Métamorphoses du jour.
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Estimate €80 - €130
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GRANDVILLE. ‎Les Métamorphoses du jour.‎ Paris, Gustave Havard, 1854. In-8 (26 x 17 cm), full brown shagreen, decorated ribbed spine, gilt fleurons in the corners of the covers. Marbled edges. Contemporary binding. XXVIII–283 pp. A tear, with no pages missing, on folios 5 to 8. Plates 55 and 69 are missing. A famous work first published in 1829. It is illustrated with 68 (out of 70) remarkable captioned caricatures by Grandville, wood-engraved and watercoloured, as separate plates. The texts are by Albéric Second, Louis Lurine, C. Caraguel, Taxile Delord and others, and are preceded by a note on Grandville by Charles Blanc. A pleasant copy despite the two missing plates.
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About the sale Collectors’ books for sale – First editions – Illustrated editions – Varia IV
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Auction time 11/02/2026 at 2:00 PM
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