Fashion in Paris. The Various Phases of Feminine Taste and Aesthetics from 1797 to 1897.: With One Hundred Hand-Coloured Plates. Two Hundred and Fifty text Illustrations.
by Uzanne, Octave. Illustrated by Francois Courboin. Translated by Lady Mary Loyd
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1898. First Edition. Half Morocco over Marbled Boards. Very Good. Courboin, Francois. 4to. 182 pp., plus 100 color plates, depicting women's fashion throughout the nineteenth century. A delightful, eye-filling traversal of Paris fashions from yesteryear. Some occasional foxing. Most plates and text leaves are clean. Binding is tight. Blue morocco spine decorated with Fleur-de-lys. Spine somewhat dry. Rubbing of leather pronounced along gutter. Some additional edge and corner wear.
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- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001594
- Title
- Fashion in Paris. The Various Phases of Feminine Taste and Aesthetics from 1797 to 1897.
- Author
- Uzanne, Octave. Illustrated by Francois Courboin. Translated by Lady Mary Loyd
- Illustrator
- Courboin, Francois
- Format/Binding
- Half Morocco over Marbled Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Costume, Dress, Illustrated Plate Book, Fashion
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Biblio member since 2010
New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Marbled boards
- ...
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