GRANDVILLE, Jean-Jacques (1803-1847) - Scene de la vie et publique des animaux. Paris: J. Hetzel & Paulin, 1842. - photo 1

GRANDVILLE, Jean-Jacques (1803-1847) - Scene de la vie et publique des animaux. Paris: J. Hetzel & Paulin, 1842.

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26.01.2021 10:30UTC +02:00
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Lot 136 | GRANDVILLE, Jean-Jacques (1803-1847) - Scene de la vie et publique des animaux. Paris: J. Hetzel & Paulin, 1842.
GRANDVILLE, Jean-Jacques (1803-1847) - Scene de la vie et publique des animaux. Paris: J. Hetzel & Paulin, 1842.

Excellent condition of this work, one of the most famous by Grandville, a 19th-century French illustrator, designer and caricaturist. The texts are by Honoré de Balzac, Benjamin Franklin, Jules Janin, Alfred de Musset, Charles Nodier, George Sand, P.-J. Stahl et al and the illustrations are distinguished by their peculiar ability to reproduce human traits in animal faces.

2 volumes, 8vo (270 x 185mm). Frontispiece and 95 plates in first volume, frontispiece and 104 plates in the second (occasional light foxing). Green editorial binding decorated in gilt in perfect condition. [TOGETHER WITH:] GRANDVILLE, Jean-Jacques - OLD NICK, Paul-Émile. Petite miseres de la vie humaine. Paris: H. Fournier, 1844. 8vo, brown half morocco on marbled paper plates and spine decorated in gilt. (3)
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