[ORIGINAL DRAWING] GRANDVILLE - Scenes from the private and public life of animals Chez J. Hetzel et Paulin, Paris 1842 - First edition of one of the most famous illustrated books of the 19th century and one of Grandville's best productions. Études de mœurs contemporaines published under the direction of M. P. - J. Stahl, with the collaboration of Messieurs de Balzac, L. Baude, E. de la Bédollière, P. Bernard, J. Janin, Ed. Lemoine, Charles Nodier, George Sand. Fine later bindings in half basane, covers preserved, pages untrimmed, full margins. A fine copy with a superb ORIGINAL DRAWING by Grandville used to illustrate the work for M. Vautour (opposite page 64 of the first volume). Some pages a little soiled, also with a few folds, otherwise a very fine copy with very little foxing. (4) 386pp. (6), 390pp. (6)

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