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RACINET, Auguste (1825-1893). Le Costume Historique. Cinq cents planches, trois cents en couleurs, Or et argent, deux cents en camaieu. Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot, 1876-1888. Collection of plates from the first edition of the most famous costume book of the nineteenth century and the first fashion book to use chromolithography. 'Le plus important recueil general concernant le costume' Colas 2471. 20 gatherings, 4to, (230 x 200mm). 403 (of 475) plates many of which chromolithographs, accompanied by descriptive sheets (unbound, spines perished). Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return. (1)

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RACINET, Auguste (1825-1893). Le Costume Historique. Cinq cents planches, trois cents en couleurs, Or et argent, deux cents en camaieu. Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot, 1876-1888. Collection of plates from the first edition of the most famous costume book of the nineteenth century and the first fashion book to use chromolithography. 'Le plus important recueil general concernant le costume' Colas 2471. 20 gatherings, 4to, (230 x 200mm). 403 (of 475) plates many of which chromolithographs, accompanied by descriptive sheets (unbound, spines perished). Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return. (1)

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