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Les Métamorphoses du Jour (Grandville, I. Adolphe).
Les Métamorphoses du Jour.

. Les Métamorphoses du Jour.

With 70 handcoloured plates in lithography. 1 text leaf . Oblong 4to. Contemp. red half morocco. – Paris, Bulla, (1829).

Edition originale. Suite of 70 plates (of 73 published) in bright contemporary colouring, together with the introducing text leaf signed by Achille Comte. Plates 71 to 73, which are not present in this copy, show different publisher’s notes and were probably published later on. Thus the present series is the complete set published by Bulla and bound at the time of publication by „Perrin, Magasin de Papiers, Rue du Bac 15, Paris“ with it’s label on the inner side of the front board. 28 plates show French captions (premier tirage/first issue), while 42 plates show French and English captions (second tirage/second issue). – Vicaire V, 775–780; Brivois 179f.; Sander 310. – Text leaf foxing. The plates with discolouring to paper around the hand-coloured drawings. Fine copy in a contemporary binding. – Best.-Nr. 22343

CHF 3180.—
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GRANDVILLE. – Béranger, P(ierre)-J(ean) de.
Oeuvres complètes. Edition illustrée par J. J. Grandville. 3 vols.

. Grandville. Oeuvres complètes. Edition illustrée par J. J. Grandville. 3 vols.

With engr. author’s portrait and a letter in facsimile in vol. I, and 120 wood-engr. illustrations on plates by J. J. Grandville. LXXXI pp., 1 leaf, 375 pp.; 2 leaves, 399 pp.; 2 leaves, 400 pp. Large 8vo. 19th-century brown half morocco, spine and top edge gilt. – Paris, H. Fournier ainé, 1836.

First edition illustrated by Grandville, published in 80 issues. – Sander 75; Vicaire I, 411; Brivois 52. – Occasional foxing. Good set. – Best.-Nr. 22470

CHF 210.—
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GRANDVILLE. – Defoe, Daniel.
Aventures de Robinson Crusoe. Traduction nouvelle.

. Grandville. Aventures de Robinson Crusoe. Traduction nouvelle.

With frontispiece on china paper, 40 plates and numerous vignettes in the text, all in wood-engraving after J.-J. Grandville. Half title, title, 610 pp., 1 leaf. Large 8vo. Green half morocco, spine with gilt-stamped decoration. – Paris, H. Fournier ainé, 1840.

First edition with the illustrations by Grandville. – Brivois 155; Sander 271; Vicaire III, 750f. – Beautiful copy in an appropirate contemp. binding. Corners slightly bumped. – Best.-Nr. 22220

CHF 580.—
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GRANDVILLE. – Florian, (Jean-Pierre-Claris de).
Fables illustrées par J.-J. Grandville suivies de Tobie et de Ruth poëmes tirés de l’Ecriture Sainte et précédées d’une notice sur la vie et les ouvrages de Florian par P.-J. Stahl .

. Grandville. Fables illustrées par J.-J. Grandville suivies de Tobie et de Ruth poëmes tirés de l’Ecriture Sainte et précédées d’une notice sur la vie et les ouvrages de Florian par P.-J. Stahl .

With frontispiece, 79 plates, and numerous vignettes in wood-engraving by J. J. Grandville. XX, 292 pp. Large 8vo. 19th-century half calf over five raised bands. Spine gilt with label. Marbled end-papers (front board somewhat loose). – Paris, (Lacrampe for) J.-J. Dubochet, 1843.

First edition, second impression (though still showing the last line of page 207 identical to the first impression, which, according to Brivois, should be different). 1842, four years after his “La Fontaine”, Grandville published his ironic illustrations to the fables of Claris de Florian (1755–1794). The edition is introduced by P. J. Stahl (i.e. Pierre Jules Hetzel), who had published Grandville’s masterpiece “Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux” in the same year. – Bodemann 301.2; Fabula docet 141; Vicaire III, 746; Brivois 151f.; Sander 268. – Contemp. bookplate “John Rayner” on first paste-down. Pencil notes on p. 99 and on last flyleaf. Plate in front of fable XIII of book V marginally soiled and with restored tear. Spine defective – Best.-Nr. 5451

CHF 100.—
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GRANDVILLE. – Florian, (Jean-Pierre-Claris de).
Fables illustrées par J.-J. Grandville suivies de Tobie et de Ruth poëmes tirés de l’Ecriture Sainte et précédées d’une notice sur la vie et les ouvrages de Florian par P.-J. Stahl .

. Grandville. Fables illustrées par J.-J. Grandville suivies de Tobie et de Ruth poëmes tirés de l’Ecriture Sainte et précédées d’une notice sur la vie et les ouvrages de Florian par P.-J. Stahl .

With frontispiece, 79 plates, and numerous vignettes in wood-engraving by J. J. Grandville. XX, 292 pp. Large 8vo. Contemp. red half morocco. – Paris, Garnier frères, (1851).

One of the many editions of the Grandville illustrated fables. – Brivois 151. – Some foxing or spotting throughout. Spine and extremities rubbed. – Best.-Nr. 20934

CHF 110.—
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GRANDVILLE. – Florian, (Jean-Pierre-Claris de).
Fables suivies de Tobie et de Ruth.

. Grandville. Fables suivies de Tobie et de Ruth.

With 80 plates and 25 vignettes in the text. XX, 292 pp. Large 8vo. Contemp. red half morocco over four raisend bands and with gilt lettered spine. – Paris, J.-J. Dubochet, 1842.

First edition illustrated by Grandville. – Brivois 151 (“charmante édition“); Sander 268; Vicaire III, 756. – Clean copy in a pleasant contemp. binding. – Best.-Nr. 22226

CHF 180.—
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GRANDVILLE. – La Fontaine, (Jean de).
Fables.

. Grandville. Fables.

With frontispiece, title vignette, 240 wood-engravings, and some ornamental pieces by J. J. Grandville. XXXII, 667 pp. 4to. Orig. red cloth, spine and edges gilt (edges and raised bands somewhat rubbed, boards partly dampstained, corners bumped). – Paris, Garnier, (1868).

Internal fine. – Best.-Nr. 4442

CHF 180.—
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Scènes de la Vie Privée et Publique des Animaux. Etudes des Moers contemporaines [...] avec la collaboration de messieurs de Balzac, L. Baude, E. del a Bedollierre, P. Bernard, J. Janin, Ed. Lemione, Charles Nodier, George Sand. 2 vols GRANDVILLE. – Stahl, P.-J. (ed.).
Scènes de la Vie Privée et Publique des Animaux. Etudes des Moers contemporaines [...] avec la collaboration de messieurs de Balzac, L. Baude, E. del a Bedollierre, P. Bernard, J. Janin, Ed. Lemione, Charles Nodier, George Sand. 2 vols.

. Scènes de la Vie Privée et Publique des Animaux. Etudes des Moers contemporaines [...] avec la collaboration de messieurs de Balzac, L. Baude, E. del a Bedollierre, P. Bernard, J. Janin, Ed. Lemione, Charles Nodier, George Sand. 2 vols.

With altogether 201 plates in wood-engraving and c. 100 vignettes in the text after J. J. Grandville. Title, 2 leaves, 390, (6) pp.; Title, 386, (6) pp. Small 4to. Contemp. red half morocco, spine richly gilt. – Paris, J. Hetzel et Paulin, 1842.

Edition originale, troisième tirage (see Brivois p. 366). – Vicaire VII, 405–407; Brivois 364ff.; Sander 312. – Some minor foxing throughout. – Best.-Nr. 22282

CHF 260.—
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Huart, Louis.
Muséum Parisien. Histoire physiologique, pittoresque, philosophique et grotesque de toutes les bêtes curieuses de Paris et de la banlieue pour faire suite à toutes les éditions des oeuvres de M. de Buffon.

. Grandville. Muséum Parisien. Histoire physiologique, pittoresque, philosophique et grotesque de toutes les bêtes curieuses de Paris et de la banlieue pour faire suite à toutes les éditions des oeuvres de M. de Buffon.

With 350 vignettes by Grandville, Gavarni, Daumier, Traviès, Lécurieur et Henri Monnier. Half title, title, 395 pp. Kl.-4to. Private 19th-century half calf . – Paris, Beauger, 1841.

First edition. From the estate of a count „J. R.“ with his gilt stamped monogram on the lower spine end, overheaded by a crown. – Vicaire IV, 221; Sander 512, Brivois, 297. – Corners bumped, somewhat foxed, otherwise good. – Best.-Nr. 16860

CHF 220.—
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