2 volumes. [8], 386, [6]; [4], 390, [6] pp. Text by P.J. Stahl & others. With numerous wood-engraved plates & illustrations from drawings by Grandville. 10¼x7, period morocco with pictorial gilt-stamping on covers and spines, all edges gilt. First Edition in book form.

Insightful, intriguing, and humourous depictions of animals as people, offering "a witty and telling commentary on contemporary politics and personalities...These allusions pass largely unnoticed today, but Grandville's animals remain as amusing as ever, thanks to the wit and verve of his compositions." Ray, French Illustrated Book, 194.