Grandville ; Stahl, P.-J. ; Balzac, Honoré de ; Baudé, L. . - Lot 122

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Grandville ; Stahl, P.-J. ; Balzac, Honoré de ; Baudé, L. . - Lot 122
Grandville ; Stahl, P.-J. ; Balzac, Honoré de ; Baudé, L. . Janin, J. ; Nodier, Charles ; Sand, George. Scenes of the private and public life of animals. Ill. by Grandville. Paris, J. Hetzel et Paulin. 1842. 386pp. (T1); 390pp. (T2). Two large volumes In-8. Publisher's full black chagrin bindings decorated with special plates made after Grandville's drawings for the cover of volume II. The original drawing for the plate affixed to the first boards, showing in part a frog and a bird greeting each other, is reproduced by Sophie Malavieille in "Reliures et cartonnages d'éditeur en France au XIXe siècle, p. 125". Animal irons in the corners. Smooth spines decorated with animal irons. Upper edges gilt. Very beautiful book illustrated by Grandville including two frontispieces, 199 plates and numerous woodcut vignettes in the text. First edition of this famous book written under the direction of the publisher Hetzel, under the pseudonym of Stahl, with the collaboration of Balzac, Janin, Nodier, George Sand, A. and P. de Musset, etc. The two volumes include the two rare covers. Splendid bindings in full chagrin with coruscating golds! Immaculate white interiors. Extremely rare in this condition.
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