Grandville - Les Metamorphoses du Jour [70 Planches en Couleurs] - 1854
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Grandville, Les Metamorphoses du Jour [70 Planches en Couleurs], first illustrated edition from 1854 published by Gustave Havard in Paris, half-leather binding, 25.5 × 16.5 cm, 316 pages, original French text, with 70 wood-engraved plates hand-coloured and published as an illustrated edition.
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Very rare and sought-after first edition and first issue of this highly charming work by Grandville, considered the masterpiece of French illustrated satire of the nineteenth century. See Carteret III, 286.
J. Isidore Grandville, Les metamorphoses du jour..., Paris, Gustave Havard, 1854.
Pp.: (IV), XXVIII, 283, (I). COMPLETE, with 70 plates hors texte engraved in wood and hand-watercolored.
Copy with leaves in overall good to very good condition, with the usual signs of use and age. Widespread foxing.
Contemporary half-leather binding with gilt title to the spine, very well preserved. Marbled endpapers. Ex-libris label rubbed, applied to the front pastedown.
Seller's Story
I am always interested in purchasing individual works and/or entire libraries to help my bibliophile clients enrich their collections with rare and valuable pieces.
Translated by Google TranslateVery rare and sought-after first edition and first issue of this highly charming work by Grandville, considered the masterpiece of French illustrated satire of the nineteenth century. See Carteret III, 286.
J. Isidore Grandville, Les metamorphoses du jour..., Paris, Gustave Havard, 1854.
Pp.: (IV), XXVIII, 283, (I). COMPLETE, with 70 plates hors texte engraved in wood and hand-watercolored.
Copy with leaves in overall good to very good condition, with the usual signs of use and age. Widespread foxing.
Contemporary half-leather binding with gilt title to the spine, very well preserved. Marbled endpapers. Ex-libris label rubbed, applied to the front pastedown.
Seller's Story
I am always interested in purchasing individual works and/or entire libraries to help my bibliophile clients enrich their collections with rare and valuable pieces.
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Number of books
1
Subject
Animals, Humour & caricature, Illustrated, Literature
Book title
Les Metamorphoses du Jour [70 Planches en Couleurs]
Author/ Illustrator
Grandville
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1854
Height
25.5 cm
Edition
1st Edition, Illustrated Edition
Width
16.5 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Gustave Havard; Paris
Binding/ Material
Half leather
Extras
Hand coloured illustrations, Tipped in plates
Number of pages
316
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