Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux / par J.-J. Grandville : 2 volumes. – Paris: J. Hetzel et Paulin, (et J. Hetzel), 1842.

Name: Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux / par J.-J. Grandville : 2 volumes. – Paris: J. Hetzel et Paulin, (et J. Hetzel), 1842.
Author: Viardot, Louis (French, 1800 – 1883)

Artist

Grandville, J.-J. [Gèrard, Isidore-Adolphe] (French, 1803–1847)

Author/Editor

Balzac, Honoré de (1799–1850) Baudet, Louis (French, 1804–1862) Janin, Jules-Gabriel (French, 1804–1874) La Bédollière, Emile de (French, 1812–1883) Lemoine, Édouard (French, 1814–1868) Messenier-Nodier, Marie-Antoinette-Élisabeth (French, 1811–1893) Musset, Alfred de (French, 1810–1857) Musset, Paul Edme de (French, 1804 – 1880) Nodier, Jean Charles Emmanuel (French, 1780–1844) Sand, George [Dupin, Amantine Lucile Aurore] (French, 1804–1876) Hetzel, Pierre-Jules [Stahl, P.-J.] (French, 1814–1886)

Publisher

Hetzel, Pierre-Jules [Stahl, P.-J.] (French, 1814–1886)

Author/Editor

Viardot, Louis (French, 1800 – 1883)

Engraver/Block Cutter

Best, Adolphe (French, 1808–1860) Brevière, Louis-Henri (French, 1797–1869) Brugnot (French, fl. 1834–1873) Charles Tamisier (French, fl. 1850s) Rouget, François (Belgian, fl. 1840–1850) Guilbaut (French, engraver, fl. 1830–1850) Caqué, Joseph-Hippolyte-Jules (French, 1814–1885) Andrew, Best & Leloir (Paris, engraver/printmaker, fl. c. 1835–1855) Godard, Pierre-François (French, 1768–1838) Porret, Henri-Désiré (French, 1800–1867) Quichon (French, fl. mid-19th century) Thiébault, Antoine (French, 1807 – 1880)

Publisher

J. Hetzel et Paulin [J. Hetzel, éditeur; J. Hetzel et Cie] (Paris, publisher, fl. 1836–1914)

Printer

Lacrampe et Cie [Typographie Lacrampe et Compagnie; Lacrampe fils et comp.] (Paris, printer, fl. c. 1840s–1850s) Schneider et Langrand (Paris, publisher, fl. mid-19th century)

Accession Number: LIB-2576.2020

Category: Books

A two-volume set in the contemporary full calf, imitating the editorial cloth binding.

Pagination: [2 blanks] [2 - ht. / imprim.] [2 - blank / frontis.] [2 - t.p. / blank] [4] [1] 2-386 [6 - table] [2 blanks], 96 whole-page wood-engravings after Grandville, vignettes within the text including head and tailpieces, together with a frontispiece.

Pagination: [2 - ht. / imprim.] [2 - blank / frontis.] [2 - t.p. / blank] [1] 2-390 [6 - table], 105 whole-page wood-engravings after Grandville, vignettes within the text including head and tailpieces, together with a frontispiece.

Size: Each volume 27 x 18 cm; In-4to (usually classified as 8vo, however, the numeric signatures provide for gathering in-quarto).

Binding: Full burgundy calf, gilt embossed Grandville's characters to boards and spine, lettering to spine, white moire end-papers to vol. 1, and yellow end-papers to vol. 2, all margins gilt.

Combination of the 1st and 2nd print-runs of the 1st edition. Ref.: L. Carteret, 1927: pp. 552-558.

Wikipedia; Gallica; Hathi Trust.

In: British Museum, MET, RISD Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

Additional Information

Collection	European prints and drawings , Illustrated books , Library
Type / Purpose	Book
Binding	Calf , Hardcover
Size	27 x 18 cm , 4to
Subject	Caricature , Humour
Country	France
Period	19 AD , Mid-19th century
Language	French
Edition	Book , Illustrated book
Media/Technique	Paper , Wood engraving , Woodcut
Creation / Publishing year	1842
Acquisition year	2020