74 - [GRANDVILLE (J. J.)]. LES MÉTAMORPHOSES DU JOUR. Paris: Garnier Frères, 1869. Large 8½ in-8, in the publisher’s red chagrin, spine with raised bands and decoration, title in gold, edges gilt (publisher’s binding). Foxing, but the color plates are less affected. NEW, revised and expanded edition. Frontispiece and 70 out-of-text PLATES on heavy paper, COLORED in watercolor after Grandville. ¶ Carteret, III, 285—SCENES FROM THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIVES OF ANIMALS. P., J. Hetzel, 1842. Two large 8½-format volumes in tan sheepskin, smooth spine divided by gold chains and fillets, gilt title (contemporary binding). A few very scattered light foxing spots. FIRST EDITION of ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE 19TH CENTURY. Grandville’s anthropomorphic illustrations comprise 201 REMARKABLE FULL-PAGE COMPOSITIONS, including 2 frontispieces and numerous woodcut vignettes within the text. ¶ Gumuchian, 2801 - LA FONTAINE (J. de). FABLES. Paris, Furne et Cie, 1847. Large 8½ format, black chagrin, black chagrin-textured cloth covers, ribbed spine, gilt panels decorated with small gilt ironwork, gilt title, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Foxing, sometimes heavy; a slight tear at one joint. ILLUSTRATED EDITION featuring a FRONTISPICE and 252 VIGNETTES—one per fable and one at the beginning of each book—engraved from the charming drawings by GRANDVILLE by Brévière, Jourpain, Godard, Laisné, etc., and several other vignettes. This is the MOST FAMOUS BOOK illustrated by GRANDVILLE. “It is difficult to imagine a more successful collaboration than that of La Fontaine and Grandville, who readily acknowledges the latter’s influence on his anthropomorphic animals” (Clive Getty). ¶ Rochambeau, 608. SET OF 3 VOLUMES.