GRANDVILLE, J. J. (ILLUSTRATOR). [PSEUDONYM OF JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE GERARD]. - Fables de La Fontaine. Illustrées par J. J. Grandville [2 volumes]. Nouvelle édition .

Paris: H. Fournier Aine, Editeur, Rue De Seine, 16, M DCCC XXXVIII [ 1838 ] . 0. A very good two volume set in contemporary half leather bindings. 8v. Vol. I. pp.xxviii./pp.292; Vol. II. pp.312. 9.0" x 6.0" x 1.0". Crimson Morocco spines and corners over blue marbled boards. Corners carefully strengthened. Carefully rebacked in matching calf . Spines with bright gilt titles and decoration. Marbled page edges and matching endpapers. Blue engraved armorial bookplate to the verso of each front board for: "Henry & Mary Ponsonby*. Original Telegraph message loosley inserted (to lady Ponsonby). Also: Small binder's label: "Bound by Smith, 49 Long Acre." Gift dedication to each front free-endpaper: "Arthur Ponsonby from his affectionate Aunt Julia, July 3rd, 1840". Foxing to preliminaries and some engravings, otherwise clean text throughout. VG. * "Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard (13 September 1803 – 17 March 1847) was a prolific French illustrator and caricaturist who published under the pseudonym of Grandville, and numerous variations (e. g. Jean-Jacques Grandville, Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville) throughout his career. Art historians and critics have called him "the first star of French caricature's great age".. - See Wikipedia *** "With an interesting provenance. Sir Henry Ponsonby was Keeper of the Privy Purse and Private Secretary to HM Queen Victoria from 1870 until his retirement through ill health in 1895. Lady Ponsonby, née the Hon. Mary Bulteel, was one of the Queen's Maids of Honour (junior to a Lady-in-Waiting) when she married Sir Henry in 1861. Henry Ponsonby was born in 1851 at Paris, France. He was the son of Miles Ponsonby and Barbara Wilson. He married, Elizabeth Jane Bulteel, daughter of Reverend Courtenay James Cooper Bulteel and Caroline MacDonald, on 24 April 1873 at Parish Church, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England. He and Elizabeth Jane Bulteel were divorced in 1882 on the grounds of his adultery and cruelty. **** Arthur Ponsonby is thought to be: Arthur Edward Valette Ponsonby was born on 3 December 1827 in Malta, his father, Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, was 44 and his mother, Lady Emily Charlotte Bathurst, was 29. He married Catina Dai on 3 September 1864. He died on 16 June 1868 in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India, at the age of 40, and was buried in West Bengal, India. ***** "Bound by Smith" i.e. John Smith (fl. 1822-1846 and recorded at Long Acre 1832--1846).

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