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Modes et Costumes Historiques Etrangers:. Dessines et Graves par Paquet Freres d'apres les Meilleurs Maitres de Chaque Epoque et les Documents les Plus Authentiques.
Paris: Aux Bureaux des Modes et Costumes Historiques et Au Bureau de la Mode Artistique, [1868]. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplates of Julie Beinecke [Stackpole] and John McLaren Strong. 96 hand-colored plates. A remarkable collection of illustrations from around the world (spanning 1477 through 1868). Overall, a handsome copy of this rather uncommon work. Good+ [Textblock Near Fine]. Light/moderate shelf/edge wear, tips through, closed split at top front hinge, front joint split at verso of ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. Halfbound, brown leather spine and tips, red pebbled cloth board, gilt lettering and decorative elements, marbled endpages, tissueguards. 4to. np. Illus. (color plates (hand colored, possibly chromo-litho with hand-colored elements). Index. Item #6536
Price: $550.00