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

Charles Agvent chagvent at ptd.net
Thu Oct 29 12:17:23 EDT 2009


GRANDVILLE. LES METAMORPHOSES DU JOUR. Paris: Gustave Havard, 1854. 
First Edition. 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. 
$2,000.00	

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