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Almanach. Recueil général de costumes et modes. Paris, Desnos, [1780]. In-16 (11.2 x 6.3 cm), burgundy morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate smooth spine, green title-piece, roulette on the cups and chasses, morocco pencil sheaths on the outer edge, gilt edges (period binding). Rare fashion almanac, with frontispiece and 48 intaglio engraved costume plates, hand-colored at the time. The almanac features a frontispiece after the engraved title, depicting the astonishing "Belle Poule hairstyle" inspired by the French frigate that confronted the English navy in 1778, and two sets of 24 engraved costume plates. Plates 13 and 14, intended to represent the King and Queen, "Dame de la suite de la Reine en robe de cour" and "Grand seigneur vêtu d'un habit de velours cerise brodé autour", are placed at the beginning (the first before the title). The remainder of the volume consists of a Secrétaire des dames et des messieurs including ff. of notes, losses and gains and a universal calendar. Small dark stain on one cover, a few restorations, raised quires and a few freckles, otherwise a fine copy in contemporary morocco. (Colas, no. 2515; Cohen, col. 69)

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Almanach. Recueil général de costumes et modes. Paris, Desnos, [1780]. In-16 (11.2 x 6.3 cm), burgundy morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate smooth spine, green title-piece, roulette on the cups and chasses, morocco pencil sheaths on the outer edge, gilt edges (period binding). Rare fashion almanac, with frontispiece and 48 intaglio engraved costume plates, hand-colored at the time. The almanac features a frontispiece after the engraved title, depicting the astonishing "Belle Poule hairstyle" inspired by the French frigate that confronted the English navy in 1778, and two sets of 24 engraved costume plates. Plates 13 and 14, intended to represent the King and Queen, "Dame de la suite de la Reine en robe de cour" and "Grand seigneur vêtu d'un habit de velours cerise brodé autour", are placed at the beginning (the first before the title). The remainder of the volume consists of a Secrétaire des dames et des messieurs including ff. of notes, losses and gains and a universal calendar. Small dark stain on one cover, a few restorations, raised quires and a few freckles, otherwise a fine copy in contemporary morocco. (Colas, no. 2515; Cohen, col. 69)

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