[Rarebooks] FS: Grandville's LES METAMORPHOSES DU JOUR, 1854, with 70 superb hand-colored plates

[Charles Agvent]

GRANDVILLE. LES METAMORPHOSES DU JOUR. Paris: Gustave Havard 1854.
First   Edition  in  book  form.   Half  burgundy  morocco  with  gilt
decoration  and  burgundy floral-patterned boards. Illustrated  with a
wood-engraved    vignette    on  the  title   page   and   70   superb
anthropomorphic  hand-colored  plates  engraved  on  wood  by  Mouard,
Porret,  Hildibrand  and  others after Grandville.  Absolutely  clean,
fresh  copy  with  all tissue guards in place. Fine,  bright  copy  in
binding with only light wear.                                 $2000.00

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