Journal des Dames et des Modes 1820
by Pierre de La Mésangère
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
-
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Collection of 149 hand-colored copperplate engravings only from Pierre de La Mésangère's famous fashion magazine.
Most women's fashion plates by the famous illustrator Louis Marie Lante, with 12 hat and bonnet plates by Victor Adam, taken from the issues February 1820 through to December 1821.
Plates numbered 1878 to 2036, some missing and some out of order, total of 149 fine fashion plates.
La Mésangère (1761-1831) was author, journalist and editor, and published the Journal from 1797 to 1839, covering the post-Revolutionary Directory era through the Napoleonic Empire and the Bourbon Restoration.
Green leather spine, red leather labels with gilt decoration, boards with green marble paper.
Condition: Binding scuffed but solid, plates clean and bright with slight spotting and usual crease down the centre (where the magazine was folded before binding).
Most women's fashion plates by the famous illustrator Louis Marie Lante, with 12 hat and bonnet plates by Victor Adam, taken from the issues February 1820 through to December 1821.
Plates numbered 1878 to 2036, some missing and some out of order, total of 149 fine fashion plates.
La Mésangère (1761-1831) was author, journalist and editor, and published the Journal from 1797 to 1839, covering the post-Revolutionary Directory era through the Napoleonic Empire and the Bourbon Restoration.
Green leather spine, red leather labels with gilt decoration, boards with green marble paper.
Condition: Binding scuffed but solid, plates clean and bright with slight spotting and usual crease down the centre (where the magazine was folded before binding).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Florilegius (JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Flo144
- Title
- Journal des Dames et des Modes 1820
- Author
- Pierre de La Mésangère
- Illustrator
- Louis Marie Lante, Victor Adam
- Format/Binding
- Leather spine, marbled boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Au bureau du Journal des Modes
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1820
- Size
- Octavo, 23 x 14cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Pierre de La Mésangère, Journal des Dames, Louis Marie Lante, costume, fashion, Paris, engraving,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Costume;
Terms of Sale
Florilegius
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Florilegius
Biblio member since 2019
Tokyo, Tokyo
About Florilegius
Tokyo-based bookseller specializing in European illustrated books from the 18th to 19th century, mainly botanical, zoological, costume and travel. Also Japanese ukiyo-e and woodblock botanicals, flower arrangement, etc.
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