Title-page: FABLES | DE FLORIAN | ILLUSTRÉES | PAR J.-J. GRANDVILLE , | SUIVIES | DE TOBIE ET RUTH , | Poëmes tirés de l'Écriture Sainte | ET | PRÉCÉDÉES D'UNE NOTICE SUR LA VIE ET LES OUVRAGES DE FLORIAN , | PAR P.-J. STAHL. | [Vignette] PARIS. | J.-J. DUBOCHET ET Cie , ÉDITEURS , | 33, RUE DE SEINE. 1842. ||

Pagination: ffl, [2 blanks] [i, ii - ht/imp.] [2 - blank/engr. t.p. by Grandville] [iii, iv - t.p./blank] [v] vi-xx; 2 sheets of plates, [3] 4-292, bfl; engraved t.p. + [79] leaves of plates + 5 faux t.p. (total 85 plates)

Size: In-8vo, 23.8 x 15 cm.

Binding: Publisher’s dark-blue shagreen-grain cloth binding blocked in gilt and blind; front cover with elaborate blind-stamped ornamental frame enclosing a central gilt vignette of anthropomorphic animals within a floral wreath; spine richly gilt with grotesque and decorative motifs, title, illustrator’s name, and publisher’s imprint; all edges gilt.

Reference: Léopold Carteret (Le trésor du bibliophile. Époque romantique. 1801-1875 / Livres illustrés du XIXe siècle. – Paris: L. Carteret; imprim. Lahure, 1927).

Wood engravers:

Adolphe Best (French, 1808 – 1860): 22 plates

Louis-Henri Brévière (French, 1797 – 1869): 3 plates

Brugnot (French, active 19th century): 7 plates

Prosper-Adolphe-Léon Cherrier (French, born 1806): 6 + Tobie et Ruth + vignettes

Louis Dujardin (French, 1808 – 1859): 2 plates

Monogram GO–> (possibly for Godard) : 1 plate

Halley-Hiback (French, 19th century): 1 + vignette

Henri-Désiré Porret (French, 1800–1867): 2 + vignette

Lacoste père et fils aîné et Auguste-Alexandre Guillaumot (French, 1815 – 1892): 5 plates

Quichon (French, 19th century): 10 plates + Tobie et Ruth

François Rouget (Belgian, born bef., 1825): 19 + vignette

Unsigned or with an illegible signature: 6 plates

Additional Information

Collection European prints and drawings , Illustrated books , Library
Type / Purpose Book
Period 19 AD , Mid-19th century
Country France
Language French
Media/Technique Paper , Wood engraving , Woodcut , Wove paper
Subject 19th century , Fables , French art , French poetry , Humour , Illustrated books , Moral , Poetry , Satire , Social satire , Wood engraving , Woodcut
Size 8vo
Binding Full faux shagreen , Hardcover
Edition 1st edition, 1st issue
Creation / Publishing year 1842
Catalogue raisonne L. Carteret. Le trésor... (1927)
Acquisition year 2020

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