*SWIFT (Jonathan) - GRANDVILLE.
Gulliver's Travels in Distant Lands. New translation preceded by a notice by Walter Scott.
Paris : Garnier frères, 1856. - In-8, dark green percaline with chevrons, gilt and polychrome plates on the boards, smooth spine decorated with a special gilt and polychrome plate, gilt edges (publisher's cardboard).
Reprint in one volume of the 1838 edition with the beautiful compositions of Grandville of which it is one of the most beautiful illustrated books.
Beautiful copy in the publisher's cardboard, well preserved despite the slightly faded spine. Rare foxing.
Provenance : Bourlon de Rouvre, with ex-libris.
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