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74 - [GRANDVILLE (J. J.)]. LES MÉTAMORPHOSES DU JOUR.
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[GRANDVILLE (J. J.)]. LES MÉTAMORPHOSES DU JOUR. Paris, Garnier Frères, 1869. Large 8½ in-8, in the publisher’s red chagrin, spine with raised bands and decoration, gilt title, gilt edges (publisher’s binding). Foxing, but the colour plates are less affected. NEW, revised and expanded edition. Frontispiece and 70 out-of-text PLATES on heavy paper, COLOURED in watercolour after Grandville. ¶ Carteret, III, 285 – SCENES FROM THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIFE OF ANIMALS. P., J. Hetzel, 1842. Two volumes, large 8½, in havana-coloured sheepskin, smooth spine divided by gold chains and fillets, gilt title (contemporary binding). A few very scattered light foxing spots. FIRST EDITION of ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE 19TH CENTURY. Grandville’s anthropomorphic illustrations comprise 201 REMARKABLE FULL-COLOUR COMPOSITIONS, including 2 frontispieces and numerous wood-engraved vignettes within the text. ¶ Gumuchian, 2801 – LA FONTAINE (J. de). FABLES. P., Furne et Cie, 1847. Large 8½, black chagrin, black chagrin-patterned cloth covers, ribbed spine, gilt panels decorated with small gilt ironwork, gilt title, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Foxing, sometimes heavy, a small tear at one joint. ILLUSTRATED EDITION featuring a FRONTISPICE, 252 VIGNETTES—one per fable and one at the head of each book—engraved from the charming drawings by GRANDVILLE by Brévière, Jourpain, Godard, Laisné, etc., and several other vignettes. This is the MOST FAMOUS BOOK illustrated by GRANDVILLE. ‘It is difficult to imagine a more successful collaboration than that between La Fontaine and Grandville, who readily acknowledged the latter’s influence on his anthropomorphic animals’ (Clive Getty). ¶ Rochambeau, 608. SET OF 3 VOLUMES.
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