Published by Paris, Firmin Didot Freres Tils & Cie, 1863
Seller: Hammer Mountain Book Halls, ABAA, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Half leather over marbled boards. Backstrip and corner tips edge-worn, with a little chipping on bands; small section lacking from marbled paper on front cover of vol. 2; bottom inside margin frayed on a few internal pages in vol. 1; discoloration on bottom edge of both volumes; page margins very faintly foxed, with occasional larger spots of foxing; otherwise very good condition. . Two volumes, 513 plates in all. Illus. The first volume, a slightly later printing, though uniform in appearance with the second volume, begins with "Essai typographique et bibliographique sur l'histoire de la gravure sur bois pour faire suite aux costumes anciens et modernes de Cesar Vecellio," by Ambroise Firmin Didot.
Language: French
Published by Ambroise Firmin Didot, Paris, 1863
Seller: Rossignol, Paris, France
Couverture rigide. Condition: Assez bon. Edition Originale. Dos lisse avec titres et fleurons dorés, plats marbrés, page de titre ornée, XIVp, 316p. Texte à deux colonnes, dans un encadrement. Size: In8.
Published by Firmin Didot, Paris 1860 / 1963, 1860
US$ 208.51
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Complete in two volumes (the first volume is a slightly later printing, dated 1863 vs. the 1860 date allocated to the second volume, but the binding of both is uniform). 8vo. Half-bound in white cloth with marbled paper-covered sides and gilt lettering and ornate rule. Top edges stained red and with decorated cloth endpapers. With 513 engraved César Vecellio costume designs, over both volumes. Small German dealer plates to the head of the front pastedowns of both volumes. Former owner name neatly inkstamped to the half-title of the second volume. The cloth marked and a little discoloured in places. A very good set.
Published by Firmin Didot frères, 1859
Couverture rigide. Firmin Didot frères | 1859 | 15 x 22.80 cm | 2 volumes reliés | Quatrième et meilleure édition de ce recueil célèbre des costumes. Graesse,VII, 267: "Cette nouvelle edit. reproduit exactement tous les costumes figurés dans les trois premières, mais cette fois dessinés plus correctement par M. Seguin et gravés sur bois par M. Huyot". Elle contient 513 planches de costumes gravés sur bois dans des encadrement divers ; le texte lui-même dans des encadrements de type Renaissance. L'ensemble est imprimé sur beau papier velin fin. Chaque double page possède un costume et sa légende en regard en italien et français. Reliures en demi chagrin noir d'époque. Dos à nerfs ornés de 4 fleurons. Pièces de titre et de tomaison de chagrin noir. Tranches dorées.Très rares piqûres éparses. Bel exemplaire au papier d'une belle fraîcheur. C'est en 1590 que Vecellio fit paraître son recueil de costumes (antiques, médiévaux, renaissances) de toutes les nations. Les sujets ont été redessinés et regravés pour cette entreprise, Firmin Didot s'en explique dans son "Avis sur la quatrième édition". C'est évidemment une source iconographiqe de première importance pour l'histoire du costume et des modes. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] Fourth and best edition of this famous collection of costumes. Graesse,VII, 267: "This new edition reproduces exactly all the costumes figured in the first three, but this time drawn more correctly by M. Seguin and engraved on wood by M. Huyot". It contains 513 plates of costumes engraved on wood in various frames; the text itself in Renaissance-type frames. The whole is printed on fine wove paper. Each double page has a costume and its caption opposite in Italian and French. Contemporary half black shagreen bindings. Spines with raised bands decorated with 4 fleurons. Black shagreen title and volume labels. Edges gilt. Very rare scattered worming. Handsome copy with beautifully fresh paper. It was in 1590 that Vecellio published his collection of costumes (ancient, medieval, Renaissance) from all nations. The subjects were redrawn and re-engraved for this enterprise, Firmin Didot explains this in his "Notice on the fourth edition". This is obviously an iconographic source of primary importance for the history of costume and fashion. *.