[COSTUMES]. LACROIX (Paul). COSTUMES HISTORIQUES DE LA FRANCE [...]. P., Administration de Librairie, [1852]. Ten large volumes in-8 ½ ivy green chagrin, smooth spines cloisonné with gilt and cold filets, gilt title, supra-libris "P. de Luret" gilt on tail (Period binding). Text ff. browned, plates generally preserved. ORIGINAL EDITION of this vast panorama of French fashion from the 5th century to the first half of the 19th century. The work is COMPLETE with 640 PLANCHES of costumes engraved by Massard and Breton, meticulously watercolored at the time. The work also contains the 2 volumes of appendices entitled respectively Histoire de la vie privée des français and Recueil curieux de pièces originales rares ou inédites en Prose et en Vers sur le costume et les révolutions de la mode en France, which contains a portrait of Prince Louis Napoléon Bonaparte and 6 black engravings. an impressive set in uniform binding. ¶ Colas, 1702 - Yvinec, Modes et manières, 293.