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Fables de La Fontaine by GRANDVILLE, J.J
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Paris: H. Fournier, 1838. A new edition. Two octavo volumes (untrimmed; 233 x 147 mm.). [xxviii], 292; 312 pp With frontispiece, eight sectional titles and 120 Grandville wood engravings plus numerous wood engraved vignettes. Contemporary quarter green calf over marbled boards, original printed wrappers laid down on front covers, spines with red morocco gilt lettering labels and black and gilt tooling. Some loss to spine caps and lower front and lower rear joint of each volume cracked (though binding is still solid). Some usual foxing but a very large and complete copy. After the reinstitution of prior censorship of caricature in 1835, Grandville turned almost exclusively to book illustration, supplying illustrations for various standard works, such as the songs of BŽranger, the fables of La Fontaine, Don Quixote, Gulliver's Travels, Robinson Crusoe. He also continued to issue various lithographic collections, among which may be mentioned La Vie privŽe et publique des animaux, Les Cent Proverbes, L'Autre Monde and Les Fleurs animŽes. Though the designs of Grandville are occasionally unnatural and absurd, they usually display keen analysis of character and marvellous inventive ingenuity, and his humour is always tempered and refined by delicacy of sentiment and a vein of sober thoughtfulness.
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