Fables of La Fontaine
Boston: Elizur Wright Jr., 1841. J.J. Grandville. First Grandville-illustrated Edition. Fine Full Red Morocco Binding.
First Grandville-illustrated edition in English. Extra-illustrated! 8vo. (9.75"x6.25"). xlvii, [1], 244, [4], 339 pp. With 60 Grandville plates from the Fournier first edition of 1839, fifteen of which have been hand-colored especially for this copy, and with Grandville's head and tailpieces and numerous text vignettes. With the extra-illustration, there are an additional 36 hand-colored plates plus 17 B/W engravings by Massard, Collyer, Schroeder, etc. See Gordon Ray, Art of the French Illustrated Book, no. 191. Also Grand Carteret II, 357-358. Bound in full red crushed Levant morocco. Double gilt fillets. Five gilt ruled raised bands. Six double gilt bordered compartments. Gilt tooled edge corners. Scattered foxing -- most leaves unaffected, but occasionally somewhat heavy. Overall a highly attractive and unique copy.
. Near Fine. Item #958Price: $2,200.00