&w=3840&q=75)
&w=3840&q=75)
&w=3840&q=75)
&w=3840&q=75)
&w=3840&q=75)
&w=3840&q=75)
&w=3840&q=75)
&w=3840&q=75)
UZANNE, Octave. COURBOIN.
Paris Fashions: Changes in Women’s Taste and Aesthetics (1797–1897).
Paris, Société française d’éditions d’Art. L. Henry May, 1898.
Fees include commission and taxes.
Paris Fashions: Changes in Women’s Taste and Aesthetics (1797–1897).
Paris, Société française d’éditions d’Art. L. Henry May, 1898.
Quarto, (2) folios, IV–238 pp., (1) folio. Contemporary blue sheepskin, plain spine with decorative decoration, gilt head, illustrated cover and spine preserved (spine slightly faded, cap and corners rubbed).
First edition.
100 original illustrations, both in and outside the text, by François Courboin based on unpublished documents.
A fine copy on vellum, no. 836. Limited edition of 1,100 copies.
From the ‘Monument Esthétique du XIXe Siècle’ series, with illustrations that have remained famous.
A fine copy.