Stahl P. J. Pierre Jules Hetzel dit - Grandville.... Lot 329

Stahl P. J. [Pierre Jules Hetzel dit] - Grandville. - Scenes of the private and public life of animals. Paris, Hetzel et Paulin, 1842. 2 vols. in-4, half red morocco, spine decorated, red embossed percaline boards, gilt edges, moiré endpapers - small leather losses on the headpieces, stained endpapers - [4 ff.], 386 pp. 3 ff.] ; [2 ff.], 390 pp. 3 ff.], 172 h-t plates of the 200 announced. One of the best known works of Grandville for which Hetzel solicited the help of the best authors of the time: Balzac, Nodier, George Sand, Alfred de Musset...