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John GRAND-CARTERET XIXe siècle. Classe - Moeurs - Usages. Costumes - Inventions

John GRAND-CARTERET

XIXe siècle. Classe - Moeurs - Usages. Costumes - Inventions

Firmin-Didot, Paris 1893, Grd. et très fort in 8 (21x28,5cm), 774pp., relié.


First edition. Illustrated with a chromotypographic frontispiece, 16 colored planks with patterns, 36 headers and ornate letters and 487 engravings (24 of them taken out of text). Impression on big glossy white vellum.
editor cartel in half red shagreen connected by Engel. Smooth back decorated with a large ornamental plate with flowers, title label of red shagreen. Large special plate on the boards signed Giraldon with a central eagle, two roosters ... Golden slices. Some foxing scattered mainly in the margins. Slight trace of wetness under the eagle, otherwise very beautiful copy.
Good copy.
Classic book trying to capture through history, politics, costumes and customs, the spirit of the nineteenth century.

400 €

Réf : 68123

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