Les modes de Paris. Variations du goût et de l'esthétique de la femme 1797-1897 [...].

Paris, L.H. May ; Société française d'Éditions d'Art, 1897-1898

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8vo: [4]-iv-242 pp.; 200 pl.

Contemp. half red morocco, marbled paper on covers, gilt orn. spine, top edge gilt.

First ed. of this work of great interest on the history and evolution of fashion from the Directoire to the Third Republic, ill. with 200 pl. out of text (100 in colour) by Courboin. Bound with original front and back covers, illustrated by George Auriol. One of 100 copies on Japan paper (n. xxxiii)
Prov. Merlin d'Estreux de Beaugrenier (bookpl.).