Petites misères de la vie humaine par Grandville. Texte par Old Nick (P. E. Daurand-Forgues). Nouvelle édition augmentée de nombreuses vignettes, têtes de pages, culs-de-lampe, etc. - Old Nick, Grandville

Large 8vo (27x19 cm). Contemporary halfmorocco, with ribbons, spine with gilt title and gilt floral ornaments; covers with marbled paper, morocco cornerpieces (binding a bit rubbed); marbled endpapers. (ii: blank) pp.; engraved portrait; engraved frontispiece; title printed in red and black, with brown vignette; (iv) pp.; engraved frontispiece - Annonce; 520 pp. with 2 full-page engravings in text, many text-engravings and 51 other engraved plates. - Lightbrown spots in places, mainly at the beginning, but on the whole a good, complete, copy of the most extensive edition. - Name in ink on fly-leaf, dated 1898 and on spine the same name J. B. Nys in goldprinting.