103 - GRANDVILLE (JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE GÉRARD, KNOWN AS)

GRANDVILLE (JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE GÉRARD, KNOWN AS) A beautiful set of 3 in-4 volumes in uniform contemporary half-binding, green half-shagreen, with an ornate ribbed spine: - One Hundred Proverbs. Text by Trois têtes dans un bonnet. New edition, revised and expanded for the text by Mr. Quitard [...] Paris, Garnier frères, n.d. Numerous illustrations, including 50 color plates. - *Les Métamorphoses du jour*. Accompanied by a text by Messrs. Albéric Second, Louis Lurine, Clément Caraguel, Taxile Delord, H. de Beaulieu, Louis Huart, Charles Monselet, and Julien Lemer. Preceded by a note on Grandville by Mr. Charles Blanc. New edition, revised and expanded in text by Mr. Jules Janin. [...] Paris, Garnier frères, 1869. Numerous illustrations, including a frontispiece and 70 color plates. - The Little Miseries of Human Life. Text by OLD NICK. New edition [...] Paris, Garnier frères, n.d. Portrait of the artist engraved by Staal as a frontispiece and numerous black-and-white illustrations within and outside the text. Very good, well-preserved copies, free of foxing. Also included, by the same publisher: - *Les Fleurs animées*. Text by Alph. Karr, Taxile Delord, and Count Foelix. New edition with plates very carefully retouched for engraving and coloring by M. Maubert. Paris, Garnier Frères, 1867. 2 volumes, large 8vo, in green half-basane, smooth spine (contemporary binding). 2 frontispieces and 50 engraved, colored, and gummed plates, as well as 2 black-and-white botanical plates. Very rare; slight foxing. Very fine copy. - Scenes from the Private and Public Lives of Animals. [Paris], Marescq et Cie, 1855. Large 4to, dark green half-shagreen, ribbed spine (contemporary binding). A few small scuffs. Black-and-white illustrations in and outside the text. Text in two columns (with foxing spots). A SET OF 6 VOLUMES.