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Les Fleurs Anim�es par J.J. Grandville, introductions par Alph. Karr, texte par Taxile Delord.
by GRANDVILLE, J.J. (Jean Ignace Isidore G�rard Grandville)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Paris: Gabriel de Gonet, 1847.. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE WITH THE CORRECT PAGINATION. 2 vols. Large 8vo. (27 x 18.5 cm). pp. 262; 263-364+iv+132. Near contemporary straight-grained blue morocco over marbled boards by Emile Carayon (his signature to front endpapers), original pink-decorated paper wrappers bound in, smooth spines lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. 52 hand-coloured plates comprising 50 anthropomorphic steel-engraved plates and two wood-engraved frontispieces, plus an additional 2 black and white botanical plates in vol. 2. Octagonal navy bookplate with a wild boar to marbled flyleaf of vol.1. A fine copy. A lovely set of one of Grandville's best works, a true classic of floral surrealism, in a handsome French binding by Carayon. "The Fleurs Anim�es are the very thought of Grandville; they were his favorite work, the work into the execution of which he put all that was in him of poetic and gracious originality, of dexterity of mind and observation, of that prodigious perspicacity which made divine affinities hitherto unperceived by anyone and discover new worlds" (Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book 1700-1914, 198). Carteret III. p.286.
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- Bookseller
- Robert Frew Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59954
- Title
- Les Fleurs Anim�es par J.J. Grandville, introductions par Alph. Karr, texte par Taxile Delord.
- Author
- GRANDVILLE, J.J. (Jean Ignace Isidore G�rard Grandville)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Paris: Gabriel de Gonet, 1847.
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About Robert Frew Ltd
Robert Frew has been trading in antiquarian books since 1975, starting out from an open market in Camden Lock, followed by shops in Primrose Hill, in Great Russell Street by the British Museum, Maddox Street Mayfair and now on the borders of South Kensington and Knightsbridge. Not to mention stints in Portobello Road and Safe Store Battersea.We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association, of which Robert Frew is a past president.We Exhibit at most of the major international ILAB fairs in America, often in Europe and sometimes in the Middle and Far East. We are also members of the PBFA, exhibiting in London and occasionally in the provinces.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Edges
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- Marbled boards
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- Wrappers
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- New
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- Bookplate
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