Guillaume MOLE
Histoire des modes françaises ou révolutions du costume en France, depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'à nos jours
Chez Costard|à Amsterdam • & se trouve à Paris 1773|10 x 17 cm|relié
First edition.
Full green cloth Bradel binding 19th century. Smooth spine with fillets. Some foxing at beginning of work. A dampstain in lower margin in middle section over 75p.
History of French fashions and "everything concerning the head": the study focuses on hair, wigs, and hair. Work richly documented and containing multiple anecdotes. Some copies, rarer, contain a supplement on artificial hair.
€300