The Old Print Shop

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  • ARTIST: J. Grandville

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Garnier Freres, Paris.

  • MEDIUM: Engraving, hand-colored,

    DATE: 1860's.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 5 7/8 x 5 1/4" (155 x 130 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: From "Les Fleurs Animees." First published in two volumes (first edition 1846), this collection of romantic tales by Taxile Delord, editor of the satirical newspaper "Le Charivari," was illustrated with hand-colored engravings by the famous French caricaturist, J.J. Grandville. In Grandville's engravings, flowers are transformed into many types of women - village girls, ballerinas, nuns, nurses, queens, etc. often dressed in comical versions of contemporary fashion. "Le Fleurs Aminees," was highly acclaimed upon its publication.

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  • CONDITION: Good condition.

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