GRANDVILLE (J.-J.) - SWIFT. Gulliver's travels... - Lot 246 - Ferri & Associés

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GRANDVILLE (J.-J.) - SWIFT. Gulliver's travels... - Lot 246 - Ferri & Associés
GRANDVILLE (J.-J.) - SWIFT. Gulliver's travels in distant lands. Translation new. P., Fournier, 1838. 2 vols. in-8, green half calf, spine with 4 nerves decorated with special gilded representing a mask supporting Gulliver and the lilliputians, tr. jasp. (Capé). FIRST ISSUE of Grandville's famous illustrations: frontispiece printed on Chine volant and 450 woodcut vignettes in the text. Preceded by a long biographical and literary note on Swift by Walter Scott. One of the most beautiful illustrated books of the Romantic period, extremely rare in fine condition. Delightful decorated binding by Capé. Some foxing, unavoidable.
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