Henri BAUDRILLART

Second edition statement.
Contemporary half chocolate shagreen bindings. Spines with raised bands decorated with blind fillets. Spines faded. Rubbing. Light scattered foxing in margins.
Luxury in its various political, economic aspects... Study of luxury in India, China, ancient Greece, Byzantium, etc, and in France from the Middle Ages to the end of the 19th century. An unequalled work on a rare subject.
Unidentified 19th-century armorial bookplate.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

Extract from the Revue des deux mondes.
First edition.
In plain wrappers. Rare.

First collected edition.
Half sheep binding, smooth spine rubbed with gilt fillets, lacking and heavy wear to headcaps, library label pasted on, some tears to joints, binding heavily worn.
Interior very clean.