GRANDVILLE. LA FONTAINE. Fables by La Fontaine illustrated b - Lot 80

GRANDVILLE. LA FONTAINE. Fables by La Fontaine illustrated by J. J. Grandville. New edition. Paris, H. Fournier aîné, 1838. 2 vol. in-8, XVIII-292 + 312 pp, contemporary red Russian leather, smooth spine decorated with a large gilt rocaille iron, gilt title and tomaison, boards decorated with a cold plate bordered by a gilt scroll, guilloche corners, interior roulette, gilt edges (minor negligible rubbing). Second printing of this "very fine work, one of Grandville's best productions, in which he was able to give free rein to his talent" (Carteret). Illustrated with woodcut compositions by J.J. Grandville printed on Chine contrecollé. Support paper for the plates a little yellowed, but a fine, well-bound copy with virtually no foxing. (Carteret III, 359).