MONUMENT DU COSTUME]. Prints by MOREAU LE JEUNE for the Monument du Costume engraved by Dubouchet. - Prints by FREUDEBERG for the Monument du Costume Paris, L. Conquet, 1881-1883. 3 volumes in-4, bradel half-plum leather with corners (E. Carayon). Vicaire, VI-1069 /// I. (2f.)-XXIV-(1f.)-39 / II. (1f.)-41 to 104-(1f.) / III. (2f.)-XXIX-24-(1f.). A portrait of Moreau le Jeune by Cochin and 24 off-text plates for the first work, a portrait of Freudeberg after Mind and 12 off-text prints for the second work. All plates are protected by printed serpents. The text was printed at 370 copies, this one on Japon (n° 200) containing the plates in triple state (first state, second state and final state before the letter). Nice copy despite the slightly faded spines.

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