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Book/Printed Material Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux

[ Volume 1 ]

About this Item

Title

  • Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux

Names

  • Stahl, P.-J., 1814-1886.
  • Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.
  • Baudet, Louis, 1804-1862.
  • Bernard, P. (Pierre), 1810-1876.
  • Janin, Jules, 1804-1874.
  • La Bédollière, Emile de, 1812-1883.
  • Lemoine, Edouard.
  • Nodier, Charles, 1780-1844.
  • Sand, George, 1804-1876.
  • Grandville, J. J., 1803-1847.
  • Andrew, active 1828-1852, engraver.
  • Best, Jean, 1808-1879, engraver.
  • Brévière, Louis Henri, 1797-1869, engraver.
  • Caqué, J. H., approximately 1820-approximately 1885, engraver.
  • Godard, Pierre François, 1797-1864, engraver.
  • Leloir, active approximately 1836-approximately 1845, engraver.
  • Porret, Henri Désiré, engraver.
  • Rouget, François, active 1841-1877, engraver.
  • Tamisier, Charles, engraver.
  • Marius Michel, Jean, 1821-1890, binder.
  • Rattier, Léon, former owner.
  • Escoffier, Maurice, 1879-1959, former owner.
  • Lainé, George, former owner.
  • Grandville, J. J., 1803-1847, correspondent.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Paris : J. Hetzel et Paulin, 1842.

Contents

  • Vol. 1: Preface / P.-J. Stahl -- Prologue: résume parlementaire / P.-J. Stahl -- Histoire d'un lievre / P.-J. Stahl -- Memoire d'un crocodile / E. de Labedollierre -- Peines de coeur d'une chatte anglaise / de Balzac -- Les aventures d'un papillon / P.-J. Stahl -- Les animaux médecins / P. Bernard -- Cour criminelle de justice animale / E. de Labedollierre -- L'ours / L. Baude -- Guide-ane a l'usage des animaux qui veulent parvenir aux honneurs / de Balzac -- Le rat philosophe / Éd. Lemoine -- Voyage d'un moineau de Paris / George Sand -- Un renard pris au piége / Ch. Nodier -- Le premier feuilleton de pistolet / J. Janin -- Souvenirs d'une vielle corneille / P.-J. Stahl -- Voyage d'un lion d'Afrique a Paris / De Balzac -- Au lecteur / P.-J. Stahl.

Headings

  • -  Fables, French
  • -  Animals--Caricatures and cartoons
  • -  Grandville, J. J.,--1803-1847--Correspondence

Notes

  • -  Added engraved title page signed: "Grandville inv. del." and "Breviere scul.". Other plates include signatures by Andrew-Best-Leloir, J. Caqué, Godard, Tamisier, Porret or Rouget.
  • -  Vol. 1: [8], 386, [6] p., [96] leaves of plates.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1930
  • -  NUC pre-1956 NH 0338807 (vol. 244, p. 136)
  • -  "Table des matières et classement des dessins"--[6] p. at end.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: volume 1 only. One plate after p. 380 wanting ""Car il éclate alors tant de passions animales dans l'homme, qu'on ne saurait douter de nos affinités".
  • -  LAC tnb 2019-11-01 no edits (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-04-20 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 2 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PQ2275.H8 S3
  • PQ2275.H8 S3 Copy 2 Imperfect: vol. 1 only. On chine paper with signed binding by Marius Michel. Has book labels of Léon Rattier, Maurice Escoffier and George Lainé. Accompanied by 2 handwritten letters to Monsieur Cloye, signed J.J. Grandville, 14 Juin, 1846 (laid in) and to Monsieur Le Ch[?], signed J.J. Grandville, 23 Aout 1846 (mounted on front flyleaf).
  • NC1135 .G636 Imperfect: vol. 1 only. Variant captions on frontispiece plate: "Badigeonagraphie générale des murailles de la France et de l'Etranger, Bertrand et Comp., èlève et successeur de M. ***", plate opposite p. 372 "Le chien interprète" and opposite p. 380 "Le Chiquart".

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 43028120

Online Format

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  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Stahl, P.-J, Honoré De Balzac, Louis Baudet, P Bernard, Jules Janin, Emile De La Bédollière, Edouard Lemoine, et al. Scènes De La Vie Privée Et Publique Des Animaux. Paris: J. Hetzel et Paulin, 1842. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/43028120/.

APA citation style:

Stahl, P. -., Balzac, H. D., Baudet, L., Bernard, P., Janin, J., La Bédollière, E. D. [...] Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1842) Scènes De La Vie Privée Et Publique Des Animaux. Paris: J. Hetzel et Paulin. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/43028120/.

MLA citation style:

Stahl, P.-J, et al. Scènes De La Vie Privée Et Publique Des Animaux. Paris: J. Hetzel et Paulin, 1842. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/43028120/>.