75/1455 Grandville, J.J. Les fleurs animées. Text T. Delord, introd. A. Karr. Brussels, A. Delavau, 1852, 2 parts in 1 vol., 282; 272p., 2 handcol. lithogr. frontispieces, 50 handcol. plates by GUILL T'SAS after J.J. GRANDVILLE, 2 uncol. plates, contemp. hmor. w. red and green letterpiece and dec. w. 5 flowers on spine in each compartment, each surrounded by 4 gold and red corner ornaments, 4to.

- Occas. sl. foxed; approx. 12 lvs. repaired in outer margins; a few lvs. (incl. one plate) w. sm. marginal tear; 2 lvs. loose. Covers sl. rubbed.

= Cf. Gumuchian 2799 (1st ed., Paris 1847); cf. Carteret III, p.286; cf. Vicaire III, p.133; Brivois 147; Lipperheide Ub 15 (all Paris eds.); Ray, p.268-279: "By preference, however, he still turned towards the strange and wonderful images that came to him during the night, images reflected in his two final volumes of phantasies, both illustrated with colored steel engravings, Les fleurs animées and Les étoiles." Adhémar, Introd. l'Oeuvre graphique (1975), I, 7: "a large part of modern art, from expressionism to surrealism, has come from his images".