From Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
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Ten separate volumes, each in a paper folio cover with color illustration and black/color lettering in the style of the era of the clothing in that volume. Each volume contains (generally) an 8-page text introduction followed by the 12 loose, color plates (volume 8 missing plate 7). Each cover has a small color illlus. on the back as well. All housed in a portfolio of light blue cloth covered with color illustrated mounted front cover. Text pages in the volumes are numbered consecutively through page 80. A set with vibrant color plates of the history of French women's dress from head to toe: hats, dresses, blouses, skirts, scarves, shoes, jackets, accessories, etc. The text for each volume is in French with thorough annotations for each plate, which pictures multiple fashion images. The series follows from The Middle Ages through to the Second Empire. This was published as a subscription series at 25 francs per album, 250 francs for the complete set, and the first folio was published in June 1922. Contents: Album 1. Les modes du Moyen Age, de l'an 1037 à l'an 1461 -- Album 2. Les modes de la Renaissance, de l'an 1461 à l'an 1574 -- Album 3. Les modes de Henri III à Louis XIII, de l'an 1574 à l'an 1643 -- Album 4. Les modes sous Louis XIV, 1643-1715 -- Album 5. Les modes sous Louis XV, 1715-1774 -- Album 6. Les modes sous Louis XVI, 1774-1789 -- Album 7. Les modes sous la Révolution, 1792-1799 -- Album. 8. Les modes du 1er Empire, 1799-1815 -- Album 9. Les modes de la Restauration, 1815-1830 -- Album 10. Les modes du Second Empire, 1852 à 1870. Good- (heavy soiling and shelfwear to portfolios, spine missing, pages chipping along edges, a few of the plates are missing the notes along the bottom, all volumes have 12 color plates with the exception of volume 8, which has two number 6 plates and missing number 7). Seller Inventory # 191213
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Title: L'Histoire du Costume Feminin Francais (10 ...
Publisher: Editions Nilsson, Paris
Publication Date: 1923
Binding: Hardcover
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