Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux. Vignettes par Grandville. Études de moeurs contemporaines par MM. de Balzac, George Sand, Charles Nodier, Stahl, J. Janin, P. Bernard, E. de la Bédollierre, L. Baude, Ed. Lemoine, etc; Voyage ou il vous plaira (Les chefs-d'oeuvre de la litterature et de l'illustration - Four parts in one volume)
Paris: Chez MM. Marescq et Compagnie; Chez Gustave Havard, 1852. Leather Bound. 218; 60; 48; 48pp. Odd volume? Quarto [31 cm] 3/4 light brown leather with rust-colored cloth over boards. Marbled endpapers. Extremities rubbed. Leather mottled and chipped. Pages lightly foxed. Title on spine: "Alfred de Musset. Voyage ou il vous plaira." Text in French. Item #70909
"Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux" is an elaborate satire which pokes fun at contemporary public figures, social mores, and the political events of the day.
Prolific French illustrator and caricaturist Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard (1803-1847) published under the pseudonym of Grandville. He was known for his series of satiric lithographs, including "Les Métamorphoses du jour" and the "Voyage pour l'éternité." From 1830 until 1835 he was one of the main contributors to "La Caricature" and "Le Charivari." Later, he moved from litography to wood-engraving.
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