[GRANDVILLE] - SWIFT (Jonathan). Gulliver's travels in distant lands. Paris: Furne et Cie, H. Fournier aîné, 1838. - 2 volumes in-8, red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, ornate ribbed spines, gilt lace inside, gilt edges on witnesses (Chapalain). One of the finest books illustrated by Grandville, containing, in the first edition, a frontispiece printed on Chine, four frontispiece titles and 450 woodcut vignettes in the text or on the full page. According to Brivois, "this illustration occupies one of the highest ranks in Grandville's work" (Brivois, 387). The text is preceded by a long note by Walter Scott on Swift. A very fine copy, untrimmed, in a late 19th-century binding by Chapalain. Bindings signed by this binder are extremely rare. Some minor rubbing to the headpieces.