Louis Reybaud / J.-J.Grandville

REYBAUD, Louis Jérome Paturot à la recherche d'une position sociale. Édition illustrée p. J.-J.Grandville. Paris: Dubochet, Le Chevalier, 1846. First illustrated edition in original cloth. Copies in this original binding are scarce and valuable. A very nice example of this work, with 32 full page illustrations by Grandville and numerous (200) vignettes in the text. Cloth decorated with gilt detail, titles and decoration. Front design (an armourial crest) is also coloured in red and blue. Good condition, with just a little handing and fading to the boards. No significant damage. Yellow end papers. Pages are clean, with a little foxing / darkening only. Overall a very nice example. All edges gilt. Tissue guards over the full page engravings. Louis Reybaud (1799-1879), a French economist, journalist, man of letters and politician. This work is a satirical novel, "One of the best productions of Grandville" (Carteret). [vi], 460. pp. 280 by 195mm (11 by 7¾ inches).

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