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[Costumes - Austria]. Moleville, Bertrand de. Costumes des etats hereditaires de la Maison d'Autriche. London, William Miller, 1804. In 2nd (365 x 260 mm). 48 hand-colored aquatint plates of costumes (missing plates 15 and 28.) Coeval binding in long grain red morocco with phytomorphic fleuron to plate, friezes and title in gilt to spine, unghiatura à dentelles, gilt edges (abrasions, flaws). Exemplar with fresh plates of this lovely publication containing text in French and English.

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[Costumes - Austria]. Moleville, Bertrand de. Costumes des etats hereditaires de la Maison d'Autriche. London, William Miller, 1804. In 2nd (365 x 260 mm). 48 hand-colored aquatint plates of costumes (missing plates 15 and 28.) Coeval binding in long grain red morocco with phytomorphic fleuron to plate, friezes and title in gilt to spine, unghiatura à dentelles, gilt edges (abrasions, flaws). Exemplar with fresh plates of this lovely publication containing text in French and English.

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Austria - EYRIÈS (Jean-Baptiste). L'Autriche, ou costumes, mœurs et usages des Autrichiens. Paris, Gide fils, [1821]. Small in-4 (26.9 x 17.3 cm), 4 ff. n. ch., 24 ff. (explanations) and 24 plates, glazed havana half calf, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and roulettes, red title page, untrimmed, scattered freckles (modern imitation binding). Beautiful suite of 24 plates of picturesque Austrian costumes, engraved in aquatint and watercolored. Each is accompanied by an explanatory leaflet. They depict villagers from Upper Austria, women from Croatia, a peasant from the county of Marmorosch, Polish Jews, a young woman from Egra in wedding dress, a Greek priest from Cattaro, and more. Several of these plates are reproduced with noticeable differences in detail and coloring in L'Autriche, ou mœurs, usages et costumes des habitans de cet Empire, published by Neveu in 1821. A very good copy. Bookplate in morocco (Colas, 1014).

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Austria - MOLEVILLE (Bertrand de). Costumes of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria. London, William Miller, 1804. In-folio (35.9 x 24.4 cm) of 3 f. n. o.c., IV pp., I f. n. o.c., 50 f. n. o.c., long-grained purplish morocco, wide gilt lace and cold-edged frieze on covers, ornate smooth spine, ornate edges, gilt inner lace, gilt edges (period binding). Edition illustrated with 50 finely colored plates, gilded on copper by Ellis and Poole after Kininger's work (peasants and villagers of Upper Austria, the County of Neutra, the Moravian plain, Tyroleans, Hungarians, Bohemians). Ex-libris of the Imperial Hermitage Library, St. Petersburg, ex-libris of Count Chandon de Briailles. Introduction missing, minor rubbing to corners and spine, a few carryovers, otherwise a fine copy in contemporary morocco. (Colas, no. 2112; Vinet, no. 2170)

Estim. 900 - 1 100 EUR

Europe - EYRIÈS (Jean-Baptiste). La France, ou costumes, moeurs et usages des Français. [Followed by:] L'Espagne, ou costumes, mœurs et usages des Espagnols [and] L'Angleterre, ou costumes, mœurs et usages des Anglais. Paris, Gide fils, [ca. 1815-1821]. 3 works bound in 1 vol. in-4 of 20 ff. n. ch. ; 38 ff. n. ch. ; 28 ff. n. ch., marbled havana half calf, ribbed spine decorated with gilt friezes and cold fleurons, gilt title (Montecot). Reunion of 3 beautiful suites of watercolor-engraved costumes, comprising 78 engravings in the first edition: 18 French costumes, 36 Spanish costumes and 24 English costumes, drawn by Chasselat and engraved by Mme Couët. Each plate in this picturesque gallery is accompanied by an explanatory leaflet by Jean-Baptiste Eyriès. The first two works do not include the 2 sheets of notes on France and Spain mentioned by Colas. Marocco bookplate on upper flyleaf. Spine faded and a few freckles, otherwise a fine untrimmed copy in a signed binding by Montecot (Colas, nos. 1011, 1012 and 1013).

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LACROIX (Paul). -Histoire de la vie privée des Français depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours[...] pour servir d'introduction aux Costumes historiques de la France. --Costumes historiques de la France[...]. (8 vol.) ---Recueil curieux de pièces originales, rares ou inédites, en prose et en vers, sur le costume et les révolutions de la mode en France. Paris, Administration de librairie, s.d. [1852]. 10 volumes in-8°, red half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated (period binding). -Frontispiece portrait of Prince Louis Napoléon. 640 color plates, some enhanced with gilding. Seven volumes only (out of 10): 2 volumes of plates from the "Costumes historiques de la France" and the appendix volume "Recueil curieux de pièces originales[...]" are lacking. Volume VI partly unbound; accident to head cap on introductory volume; light spotting in text. Brunet, III, 733; Vicaire, IV, 839.

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