168 - Royal Gallery of Costumes Painted from Life by Various Artists and Lithographed by Alophe, Janet-Lange, and Dollet. Paris, published by Aubert at Place de la Bourse, circa 1842.

Royal Gallery of Costumes Painted from Life by Various Artists and Lithographed by Alophe, Janet-Lange, and Dollet. Paris, published by Aubert at Place de la Bourse, circa 1842. 1 folio volume, publisher’s binding in garnet half-percale, black shagreen spine, romantic metal stamp with title on the front cover, ribbed spine decorated with title, all edges gilt. Normal scuffing; fragile or split joints. Illustrated with 30 superb color lithographs enhanced with watercolor and gum arabic. Despite a few scattered foxing spots, the plates retain a beautiful freshness. A gallery of 30 French costumes numbered as follows: 1 woman of a Poleto fisherman 2 Poleto fisherman 3 fisherman’s wife 4 Poleto fisherman 5 Cauchoise peasant woman 6 Rosporden bell-ringer 7 Cauchoise peasant woman 8 Cauchoise peasant woman 9 Landudale 10 woman from Falaise 11 woman from Bayeux 12: fisherwoman from Le Tréport 13: farmer from Pont-Aven (near Quimper) 14: woman from Nîmes 15: woman from Briec (near Quimper) 16: women gathering worms on the Channel coast 17: woman from Pont-Aven, near Quimperlé 18 peasant woman from the Paris area 19 woman from the Morlaix area 20 woman from the Campan Valley 21 fresh butter vendor from the village of Laruns in the Ossau Valley 22 woman from Guémené 23 milkman, farmer from the area around Pau 24 woman from Gouézec, near Châteaulin 25 young woman from the Ossau Valley 26 artisan from Morlaix 27 young woman from Eaux-Bonnes 28 farmer from the Arén Mountains 29 woman from Saint-Flour 30 fish vendor from Les Sables-d’Olonne. Very rare