Condition: UNSPECIFIED. Quarter blue morocco over contemporary marbled boards. 4to. Second edition. 636 pp. Very good. Extremities worn. Small 1 inch split at front hinge. Illustrated throughout by Grandville. First published in three volumes in 1842, this collection of illustrated animal stories is one of Grandville's most delightful works, displaying to the full his bizarre genius. Grandville's animal illustrations are visual fables, epitomizing and satirizing human characteristics by transferring them to animals. The stories, edited by P.J. Hetzel under the pseudonym "P.J. Stahl," are by various authors, including George Sand, Balzac, and Benjamin Franklin. Text in French.