[GRANDVILLE]. Flowers animated by J.-J. Grandville. Introductions by Alph. Karr. Text by Taxile Delord. Première [-Deuxième] partie. Paris : Gabriel de Gonet, 1847. - 2 parts in one volume, in-8, lemon half-maroquin with corners, gilt fillets, spine ribbed with gilt and mosaic motifs, gilt edges (Pagnant). First edition of this famous collection of tales inspired by flowers and written by Alphonse Karr, Taxile Delord and Louis-François Raban, the latter presented under the pseudonym Comte Fœlix. This is undoubtedly one of the most original and attractive books illustrated by Grandville. It features two color woodcut frontispieces by Porret and Quichon, and 50 color plates engraved on steel by Geoffroy. The majority of the illustrations depict human beings disguised as flowers, sometimes accompanied by animals whose mannerisms are human. At the end of the second part is "Botanique et horticulture des dames" by Fœlix, with an introduction by Alphonse Karr, illustrated with two black botanical plates. A first-edition copy, in second state, recognizable by the words "Fin de la première partie" at the bottom of page 262. A very fine copy bound by Pagnant. Rubbing to headpieces and corners. Spine and edges of boards browned. Stains on pages 200 and 201, as well as on the plate between these pages depicting the Hemlock.