Kabinet van mode en smaak. Met gekoleurde plaaten.

3 vol., 8vo: 448-vii-[1], iv-vii-[1]-436, [2]-433/444-[1]-432 pp.; 43 pl. (last pp. of last part bound at the begin. of the part).

Mod. mottled sheep signed Vauthrin, gilt double and triple borders on covers, gilt-orn. spines, gilt sides and inner dentelles, marbled edges, silky endpapers and 1 vol. with renewed endpapers, orig. wr. pres. (upper cover of 1st vol. 1792 loose, corners sl. rubbed, spine of 2nd vol. 1792 renewed).

Rare first edition of the first, third and fourth instalment (of eight, publ. 1791-1794) of this famous Dutch periodical on fashion and costumes, but also on furniture, interior decorating, theatre, gardening and poetry. Ill. with a portrait, 14 hand-coloured engr. pl. and 1 b/w pl. with embrodery patterns for the 1st instalment; 2 engr. pl. showing musical notation, 9 hand-coloured engr. pl., 2 b/w engr. pl. and 1 b/w fold. engr. pl. for the 3rd instalment; and 9 hand-coloured engr. pl. and 4 b/w pl. for the 4th instalment after the pl. from the Paris fashion periodical "Journal des dames et des modes", combined with typical Dutch costumes.
Ref. Colas 1584. - Lipperheide 4575. - STCN.