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LOUANDRE (Ch.) & SERE (F.). Les Arts somptuaires. Histoire du costume et de l'ameublement et des arts et industries qui s'y rattachent. Paris, Hangard-Maugé, 1857-1858. 4 volumes in 3 vols. in-4 including 2 volumes in 1 volume for the text & 2 volumes of atlas, brown half-chagrin with corners, ornate ribbed spine, triple gilt fillet on the edges, gilt heads (period binding). Rubbed. Illustrated with 2 frontispieces and 322 chromolithographs mounted on tabs (158+164). The text of Volume 1 contains a history of costume and furnishings. Volume 2 provides valuable information on the civil and military architecture, furnishings, costumes, ceremonial and habits of the old Christian society, from the Vie siècle to the XVIIe siècle. In this volume, the author explains the 322 plates found in the 2-volume atlas (numerous references to other works). Some foxing.

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LOUANDRE (Ch.) & SERE (F.). Les Arts somptuaires. Histoire du costume et de l'ameublement et des arts et industries qui s'y rattachent. Paris, Hangard-Maugé, 1857-1858. 4 volumes in 3 vols. in-4 including 2 volumes in 1 volume for the text & 2 volumes of atlas, brown half-chagrin with corners, ornate ribbed spine, triple gilt fillet on the edges, gilt heads (period binding). Rubbed. Illustrated with 2 frontispieces and 322 chromolithographs mounted on tabs (158+164). The text of Volume 1 contains a history of costume and furnishings. Volume 2 provides valuable information on the civil and military architecture, furnishings, costumes, ceremonial and habits of the old Christian society, from the Vie siècle to the XVIIe siècle. In this volume, the author explains the 322 plates found in the 2-volume atlas (numerous references to other works). Some foxing.

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Austria - DE SERRES (Marcel). L'Autriche, ou moeurs, usages et costumes des habitans de cet empire. Paris, Nepveu, 1821. 6 volumes in 2 strong in-12 (12.5 x 8 cm) vols. of 2 ff. b/w, VIII-242 pp, 1 blank; 2 ff. b/w, 219 pp, 1 blank; 2 ff. b/w, 256 pp; 2 ff. b/w, 258 pp, 1 blank; 2 ff. b/w, 263 pp, 1 blank; 2 ff. b/w, 219 pp, 4 pp. b/w. Fawn shagreened basane, smooth ornate spine, gilt author, title and tomaisons, gilt roulette on the edges, marbled edges, yellow covers illustrated with a delivery preserved, in two pleated gilt silk slipcases, blond calf title-pieces on the spine (period binding). Illustrated with 48 plates depicting the inhabitants of various Austrian regions in traditional costume. The first two volumes are devoted to the history of the Austrian Empire, the three following volumes contain descriptions of the country, and the sixth is made up of fragments from a trip the author made to Bavaria and the Tyrol around 1811. Pierre Toussaint Marcel de Serres de Mesplès (1780-1862) was professor of mineralogy and geology at the Montpellier Faculty of Science. In 1809, Napoleon entrusted him with a mission to Austria, Tyrol and Bavaria, with the title of Inspecteur des sciences, arts et manufactures de l'université impériale. He subsequently published numerous works. Spine slightly lightened, 3 corners worn, small unobtrusive hole on p. 217 of vol. 2, pp. 5 and 7 of vol. 4 inverted, small marginal paper loss in the upper corner of p. 3 of vol. 5, slight folding and browning on qqs pp. of vol. 5, otherwise a fine copy in contemporary binding (Brunet, 1226. Colas, 2714).