Jonathan Swift — Voyages de Gulliver Dans Des Contrees Lointaines

Paris , H. Fournier Aine, Editeur, 1838. First edition. Leather. A calf-bound first Grandville illustrated edition of this famous classic from Jonathan Swift, complete in two volumes as one. The first Grandville illustrated edition of Voyages de Gulliver dans des Contrees Lointaines (Gulliver's Travels). In the French text. Complete in two volumes, bound in one. Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard was a prolific French illustrator and caricaturist who published under the pseudonym of Grandville. His works influenced generations of cartoonists and illustrators including John Tenniel, Gustave Dore and Felicien Rops. His edition of this classic novel includes a frontispiece, four full-page illustrations (one for each journey) and many in-text woodcuts throughout. In a contemporary half calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards and gilt to the spine. Marbled endpapers. Bound with the half titles and original blanks. Gulliver's Travels follows adventurous Englishman Lemuel Gulliver, who travels to a series of strange and distant lands filled with unusual beings. One of the most famous classics of English and world literature, the novel popularised the fictional island of Lilliput and remains popular for its insightful social commentary and themes of human nature. In a contemporary half calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards and gilt to the spine. Externally, Very Good . Ill.: Grandville. Very Good .