Lot 50: VARIN, AMEDEE.

L'EMPIRE DES LÉGUMES. DROLERIES VÉGÉTALES. PARIS: G. DE GONET, N.D. , HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECE, 70 HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVED PLATES, ORIGINAL WRAPPERS BOUND IN, H. PASQUIER, BOOKPLATE, UPPER HINGE CRACKED, SLIGHT STAINING, SHORT CLOSED TEARS, BINDING RUBBED

Grandville, J. J. [Gérard, Jean Ignace Isidore]. Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux. Paris: J. Hetzel et Paulin, 1842, 2 volumes, 2 engraved frontispieces, 228 black and white engraved plates, slight staining; Ibid. Les Métamorphoses du Jour. Paris: Garnier Frères, 1869, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 70 hand-coloured engraved plates, one plate torn and repaired, spotting; Ibid. Les Étoiles. Paris: G. de Gonet, n.d., hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 14 hand-coloured engraved plates, spotting; Ibid. Un Autre Mode. Paris: H. Fournier, 1844, 36 hand-coloured engraved plates, 1 black and white plate, many other black and white illustrations, first plate loose, spotting, with 7 other works by Grandville, including duplicates, one from the library of Cecil Beaton with his signature on the front endpaper

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together 14 volumes, 4to, bound in original wrappers or boards