Book Details + Condition: H. Fournier (Paris). Early Edition, 1845. Hardcover with marbled boards and three-quarters leather binding. Written in the original French. 389 pages. Profusely illustrated with 200 vignettes and 48 wood engraved plates by the famous J.J. Grandville. Old Nick was the pseudonym of Paul-Émile Daurand. An illustrated satire of the small human miseries which affect the human condition. Front board has been re-attached at some point, but binding remains firm; rubbed corners and edges; a bit of rubbing to marbled paper of rear board; toning to endpapers; foxing present to some images and pages; interior is clean and free of markings save owner name to ffep.
