Histoire des modes françaises ou révolutions du costume en France, depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'à nos jours

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.