Meeting of 3 works illustrated by Grandville.... - Lot 70 - Crait + Müller

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Meeting of 3 works illustrated by Grandville.... - Lot 70 - Crait + Müller
Meeting of 3 works illustrated by Grandville. 1/Les Métamorphoses du jour. Accompanied by a text by Mr. Albéric Second, Louis Lurine, Clément Caraguel, Taxile Delord, H. de Beaulieu, Louis Huart, Charles Monselet, Julien Lemer. Preceded by a notice on Grandville by Mr. Charles Blanc. New edition. Revised and completed by Mr. Jules Janin, with numerous caps, headpieces, etc. Paris, Garnier Frères, 1869. In-8, half red morocco, covers of chagrin-grained percaline decorated with a quadruple framing of cold fillet, spine ribbed with gilt caissons, gilt edges, spotting on a third of the volume not affecting the hors-texte, scattered foxing - [2 ff.], LVIII, 480 pp. title-frontispiece and 70 color engravings by Grandville, numerous vignettes in text. Impressive zoomorphic caricatures by which Grandville tracks, with his sharp and uncompromising eye, the vices and small miseries of the human race. 2/ Small miseries of the human life. Text by Old Nick. New edition increased with numerous vignettes, headings, lamp-ends, etc. Paris, Garnier Frères, s.d. [ca 1850]. In-8, half brown morocco with corners, spine decorated with gilt fleurons, white marks on the whole leather, headpieces, corners and nerves lightly rubbed, minor foxing - [2 ff.], III, 520 pp, portrait of Grandville by Staal, frontispiece, title-frontispiece and 50 engravings by Grandville, numerous vignettes in text. Old Nick was the pseudonym of Emile Forgues. 3/ - Swift - Gulliver's travels in distant lands. New translation preceded by a notice by Walter Scott. Paris, Garnier frères, 1873. In-8, brown half-chagrin, spine gilt, author, title and edges gilt - [2 ff.], 508 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous illustrations by Grandville. Copy in very good condition.
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