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