KEEPSAKE DES DAMES. COSTUMES ALGÉRIENS ESPAGNOLS ITALIENS PORTUGAIS TURCS ETC.
18601467Paris: Au Bureau des Modes Parisiennes. c.1860. Folio 33.5 x 25cm. Publisher's original bright green wrappers with titles in gilt to the upper cover. The contents comprising 20 finely hand-coloured engraved plates on thick paper depicting various regional costumes with printed titles above and beneath with blank protective leaf between each plate. The plates irregularly numbered as they were originally issued as part of the 'Modes Parisiennes' periodical. A very good copy the binding firm with a 2cm tear to the head of the lower cover creasing to the corners and a little chipping to the spine ends and corners. The contents with the occasional minor finger-mark to the edges of the blank margins are otherwise in very good order the plates remaining clean and vivid. A selection of beautifully hand-coloured engravings illustrating regional costumes of Algeria Spain Italy Portugal Greece and Eastern Europe issued by the French fashion periodical 'Modes Parisiennes'. Most appealing in the original green and gilt wrappers. Paris: Au Bureau des Modes Parisiennes. unknown
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