Les Fleurs Animées.: Chromolithographs of Women as Flowers
by Grandville, J.J
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winooski, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
The so-called "nouvelle edition," first published in 1847, here published with two hand-colored engraved extra title-pages plus 50 plates plus two steel-engraved botanical plates at the back of Vol. II. A complete copy of Grandville's famous and fantastic illustrations of anthropomorphized— that is, specific species of flowers each depicted as a women. The text further develops the theme, with corresponding chapters on each flower.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Marc Selvaggio, Books & Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- NYBF15
- Title
- Les Fleurs Animées.
- Author
- Grandville, J.J
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary half-leather over cloth boards, expected scuffing and some shelf wear on bottom edge and some light spotting. Scat
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Librairie Martinon
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- [1867]
- Size
- 262pp + index; 238pp + 3ff indi
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Marc Selvaggio, Books & Ephemera
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About the Seller
Marc Selvaggio, Books & Ephemera
Biblio member since 2022
Winooski, Vermont
About Marc Selvaggio, Books & Ephemera
Full-time buyer and seller of books and ephemera since 1985. Formerly Schoyer's Books (Pittsburgh and Berkeley, 1985-2006); member of ABAA since 1988.