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 p
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 p
€500