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Les métamorphoses du jour

Illustrated by: J. J. Grandville (Isidore-Adolphe Gèrard) (French, 1803–1847)
Engraved by: Henri-Théophile Hildebrand (French, 1824–1897)
Engraved by: Eugène Mouard (French, 19th century)
Engraved by: Henri Désiré Porret (French, 1800–1867)
Engraved by: Noël Eugène Sotain (French, born in 1816)
Engraved by: Auguste Trichon (French, 1814–1898)
Author: Albéric Second (French, 1817–1887)
Author: Louis Lurine (French, 1816–1860)
Author: Taxile Delord (French, 1815–1877)
Author: Louis Huart (French, 1813–1865)
Author: Charles Blanc (French, 1815–1882)
Publisher: Gustave Havard (French, 19th century)
1854
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 70 hand-colored wood engravings
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 18.5 x 3.8 cm (11 x 7 5/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number1983.476
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Gustave Havard, 1854

Catalogue Raisonné Brivois, pp. 180-83
Description(Paris: Gustave Havard, 1854) Octavo; [2 ff.] xxviii, 283 pp., plus 70 plates; late nineteenth-century half gilt-stamped and inlaid brown morocco, marbled paper boards (L. Pouillet).

Satirical illustrations.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow, Boston (1850-1926), by whom bequeathed to MFA, accessioned November 9, 1983.