Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 1350

Jean-Jaques Grandville - Fleurs animées. 2 Bde. 1867


1350
Jean-Jaques Grandville
Fleurs animées. 2 Bde. 1867
Estimate:
€ 400 / $ 428
Sold:
€ 360 / $ 385

(incl. surcharge)
Grandville, J. J. [id est J. I. I. Gérard], Les fleurs animées. Texte par A. Karr, T. Delord & le Comte Foelix. Nouvelle édition. 2 vols. With 2 coloured engr. titles and 52 (50 coloured) steel-engr. plates and numerous steel-engr.vignettes. Paris, Garnier Frères 1867. Contemp. half calf with gilt spine. Large 8vo. 2 ll., 339 pp., 1 l.; 1 l., 324 pp.
Vicaire III, 135. - Sander 215. - Brivois 147ff. (erroneously 1866). - Fourth edition, the first was published in 1847. - The nice plates were coloured by M. Maubert. With an introduction by A. Karr and 2 steel-engr, plates at the end of the second vollume Botanique des dames. - With isolated minor stains, 1 black-white steel-engr. plate cropped close in the fore edge. Cover rubbed.




1350
Jean-Jaques Grandville
Fleurs animées. 2 Bde. 1867
Estimate:
€ 400 / $ 428
Sold:
€ 360 / $ 385

(incl. surcharge)