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Le costume historique. Cinq cents planches (trois cents en couleurs, or et argent, deux cents en camieu). Types principaux du vêtement et de la parure, rapprochés de ceux de lintérieur de lhabitation dans tous les temps et chez tous les peuples, avec de nombreux détails sur le mobilier, les armes, les objets usuels, les moyens de transport, etc. Avec des notices explicatives, une introduction générale, des tables et un glossaire.
by Racinet, Albert
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- Hardcover
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Paris (Firmin-Didot et Cie.), 1888.. 6 vols. 500 chromolithographic and tinted plates hors texte, each with multiple figs. Lrg. folio. Later cloth, 3/4 leather gilt. Raised bands. A.e.g. Housed in a custom built, glass-fronted freestanding oak bookcase. Vol. I consists mostly of explanatory text, with an introduction; Vols. II-VI each with 100 color plates, bound interspersed with pages of descriptive text, originally published in 20 fascicles 1877-1886. One of the most elaborate costume books ever produced, this edition is much less common than the smaller format which was published in the same year. A handsome set.
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- Title
- Le costume historique. Cinq cents planches (trois cents en couleurs, or et argent, deux cents en camieu). Types principaux du vêtement et de la parure, rapprochés de ceux de lintérieur de lhabitation dans tous les temps et chez tous les peuples, avec de nombreux détails sur le mobilier, les armes, les objets usuels, les moyens de transport, etc. Avec des notices explicatives, une introduction générale, des tables et un glossaire.
- Author
- Racinet, Albert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Paris (Firmin-Didot et Cie.), 1888.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Costume & Fashion ; Racinet, Albert. ; Decorative Arts
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- Art;
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