Sardou Victorien Costumes and Fashion - Victorien, Sardou - Costumes du directoire Paris, Rouquette, 1875. Frontispiece in red and black, 12 pages of explanatory text, intaglio portrait of the author, and 30 loose etching plates (37 x 27 cm) by A. Guillaumot. Within blue cardstock. § Together: Collection of 29 illustrations (26.2x17.2 cm) hand-colored illustrations of women's and men's fashions from "The Ladies' Courier," "Magasin des demoiselles," and "Le favori des dames," 1847. Leather binding with gold-stamped frame and friezes to plates, gold title and friezes to smooth spine, some scuffing. § Collection of loose hand-colored engravings of traditional costumes from around the world, 24.3 x 17 cm, 1890. Within half vellum folder with cloth endpapers.

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