2 vol. in 4to; contemporary shagreen binding, gilt title and rules on red backs, corners; halftitle, titlepage, pp. 8 nn, 386, 6 nn, 96 woodcut plates o.t., vignette in the text; Halftitle, titlepage pp. 390, 6 nn., 105 woodcut plates o.t., vignette in the text. A total of 201 plates o.t. Nice specimen.
Original edition, first issue Fundamental work of the Grandville that contains 201 anthropomorphic illustrations that provide single figures, satirical scenes of everyday life, dialogues between monsters and talking animals. An important designer and caricaturist who characterizes the romantic era of French architecture, he was the precursor of Surrealism.