LES ETOILES [THE STARS] - Grandville, 1st 1849 - Illustrated ASTRONOMICAL PLATES

Description: LES ETOILES DERNIERE FEERIE PAR J.-J. GRANDVILLE. TEXTE PAR MERY ASTRONOMIE DES DAMES PAR LE COMTE FOELIX. [THE STARS LAST FEERIE BY J.-J. GRANDVILLE, TEXT BY MERY, ASTRONOMY OF LADIES BY COUNT FOELIX.] Book Details + Condition: G. de Gonet & Leipzig: Chez Charles Twietmeyer (Paris). First Edition, 1849. Hardcover with marbled boards, endpapers, and leather spine binding. Two volumes in one: 252pp, 186pp. Text by Joseph Mery. First edition of this posthumous work, illustrated with 13 beautiful hand-colored, steel-engraved plates by J.J. Grandville. Each with their original tissue guards still present. The lovely engravings depict celestial stars - personified as women in mid-19th century fashion. Published posthumously, this is Grandville's last work which was done in 1847, before he died in an asylum. Missing the first out of two frontispieces. Also missing pages 51 - 54, with plate that would have been page 52. Firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; bumped corners and spine ends; wear to boards, with heavy rubbing present; small note from 1898 to ffep; interior is otherwise clean and free of markings. Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions! Also check out our other rare and out-of-print antiquarian books at Black Cat Caboodle. SHIPPING & PAYMENTShipping & Handling — covers shipping via USPS to anywhere in the continental U.S. and within eBay's Global Shipping Program.Payment is due within 3 days of end of auction. Black Cat Caboodle THANKS you for looking!

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