Cesar VECELLIO
Costumes anciens et modernes. Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo
Firmin Didot frères|1859|15 x 22.80 cm|2 volumes reliés
Fourth and best edition of this famous collection of costumes. Graesse,VII, 267: "This new edition reproduces exactly all the costumes figured in the first three, but this time drawn more correctly by M. Seguin and engraved on wood by M. Huyot". It contains 513 plates of costumes engraved on wood in various frames; the text itself in Renaissance-type frames. The whole is printed on fine wove paper. Each double page has a costume and its caption opposite in Italian and French.
Contemporary half black shagreen bindings. Spines with raised bands decorated with 4 fleurons. Black shagreen title and volume labels. Edges gilt. Very rare scattered worming. Handsome copy with beautifully fresh paper.
It was in 1590 that Vecellio published his collection of costumes (ancient, medieval, Renaissance) from all nations. The subjects were redrawn and re-engraved for this enterprise, Firmin Didot explains this in his "Notice on the fourth edition". This is obviously an iconographic source of primary importance for the history of costume and fashion.
Contemporary half black shagreen bindings. Spines with raised bands decorated with 4 fleurons. Black shagreen title and volume labels. Edges gilt. Very rare scattered worming. Handsome copy with beautifully fresh paper.
It was in 1590 that Vecellio published his collection of costumes (ancient, medieval, Renaissance) from all nations. The subjects were redrawn and re-engraved for this enterprise, Firmin Didot explains this in his "Notice on the fourth edition". This is obviously an iconographic source of primary importance for the history of costume and fashion.
€500