Scènes_de_la_vie_privée_et_publique_des_animaux
Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux
1842 French parody with animal societies
Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux (1842) was an illustrated work of French parody published in the aftermath of the French Revolution. First published completely in 1842, with some parts coming as early as November 20, 1840, it was produced by "P. J. Stahl" (Pierre-Jules Hetzel) in collaboration with Honore de Balzac, Antoine Gustave Droz , Émile Lemoine, Jules Janin, Georges Sand, Charles Nodier, Marie Mennessier-Nodier, and Alfred de Musset; and illustrated by J. J. Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard), it proved to be best-seller, selling 25,000 copies. Several editions were later published with the title altered as La Vie Privée Et Publique Des Animaux (1867) and Les Animaux peints par eux-mêmes et dessinés par un autre (The Animals Painted by Themselves and Drawn by Another). An English translation Public and Private Lives of Animals (1876) was produced by J. Thompson.