Costume from Florilegius

Suite of a 25 hand-coloured etchings of British fashions of the Georgian era Elegant fashion plates depicting Regency belles and dandies from the pages of a Jane Austen novel Ball gowns, court fashions, promenading clothes, and more The etchings by A. Guillaumot Fils (Auguste Etienne Guillaumot Jr.) based on contemporary prints in the collection of the writer Victorien Sardou While many are signed only… Read more about this item

One of only 25 copies published in folio size with hand-coloured etchings on papier de Hollande According to the publisher's catalog, this edition comprised "200 exemplaires sur papier de Hollande au format in-folio, dont 25 avec les planches coloriées." The etchings by A. Guillaumot Fils (Auguste Etienne Guillaumot Jr.) were made from theatrical costume designs by Eugene Lacoste and Draner for productions… Read more about this item

Very good copy of Compte-Calix's suite of fashion plates of the French Directory era Complete with all 15 very finely handcoloured fashion plates, 13 belles and two dandies The women dressed in bonnets and gowns decorated with frills, bows and ribbons, a few Merveilleuses in Roman style robes. The gentlemen, or Royalist Incroyables, in tricorne or top hat, riding coat, gilet, breeches… Read more about this item

Very good copy of Compte-Calix's suite of fashion plates of the era of Louis XVI and Marie Antionette Complete with all 15 very finely handcoloured fashion plates, 11 belles and four dandies The women dressed in baroque bonnets with plumes, gowns richly adorned with frills, ribbons, fur and lace. The gentlemen in wigs, riding coats, waistcoats and breeches. All the plates drawn by… Read more about this item

Very good copy of Compte-Calix's suite of fashion plates of the era of Louis XVI and Marie Antionette Complete with all 15 very finely handcoloured fashion plates, 11 belles and four dandies The women dressed in baroque bonnets with plumes, gowns richly adorned with frills, ribbons, fur and lace. The gentlemen in wigs, riding coats, waistcoats and breeches. All the plates drawn by… Read more about this item

Single volume only with 95 (of 100) steel engraved plates of French regional costumes of the mid-19th century Just as fashion illustrator Louis-Marie Lante travelled through the French departments for Pierre de La Mésangère in the early 19th century, so publisher Aubert's artists visited towns and villages throughout France for this series. The illustrations were drawn by fashion-plate artists such as… Read more about this item

First edition of this scarce and beautiful work on the costumes of the world. Written and compiled in four volumes by Auguste Wahlen, pseudonym for Jean Françios Nicolas Loumyer With 196 vibrantly hand-coloured plates, most heightened with gum arabic, and four handcoloured vignette title pages. Text in French. Loumyer completed his comprehensive survey of world culture and costume with the collaboration of Jacques Joseph… Read more about this item

Very good collection of hand-coloured woodcuts of French medieval costumes. Two volumes complete with all plates, 14 in volume 1 and 136 in volume 2. 150 finely coloured fashion plates based on old master paintings by Giovanni di Ser Giovanni, Froment Nicolas, Stefan Lochner, Gentile Bellini, Simone Martini; uncredited costume illustrations by Leopold Massard, Charles Hamilton Smith, etc. and illuminated manuscripts such… Read more about this item

Very good copy of the first volume of Massard's Costumes Francais (French Costumes) With all 160 hand-coloured lithographs drawn and lithographed by Leopold Massard (one uncoloured) First volume of a four-volume set that is very hard to find complete Plates numbered 1-160 in the index, but 1-60, 1-16 of the second series, and 77-160 within the plates. Very vibrantly hand-coloured plates of 1,000 years… Read more about this item

A very good selection of handcoloured costume plates from a rare volume The plates were published in booklets of 6 every 20 days: 2Fr 50 centimes for subscribers to the Bibliotheque universelle des Voyages, and 3Fr for non-subscribers. It's rare to find complete sets in any condition. With 47 plates (of 90 published), one duplicated (Pl. 81) All very finely hand-coloured with vibrant… Read more about this item

Very good copy of this rare book of Indian costume by Captain Robert Smith, 44th Regiment Complete with 44 finely hand-coloured engravings of Indian men and women of all castes Captain Robert Smith (1792-1882), was a soldier in the British line regiment H.M. 44th (East Essex) Foot, and served in India from 1825-33. He prepared an illustrated diary of Indian views from… Read more about this item

Good copy of the third edition (first published in 1817) of this popular educational book by woman writer Mary Anne Venning With 58 (of 60) charming wood engravings of costumes of the world. (Lacking "Man and woman of Strasbourg" and "Savoyards" plates.) There are fine gentlemen and ladies of London and Paris, Bohemian peasants, Catalonians dancing the Fandango (possibly flamenco?), Hungarian hussars,… Read more about this item

Very good copy of the second edition (first published in 1817) of this popular educational book by woman writer Mary Anne Venning Complete with 60 charming handcoloured wood engravings of costumes of the world There are fine gentlemen and ladies of London and Paris, Bohemian peasants, Catalonians dancing the Fandango (possibly flamenco?), Hungarian hussars, itinerant Savoyards, Laplanders (Saami) riding reindeer-driven sleds, Greeks,… Read more about this item

Good copy of the 1931 re-issue of this rare suite of engravings Complete with all 115 plates newly engraved by E. Doisteau, printed by R. Tanburro and hand-coloured in pochoir (stencil) by J. Saude After the original hand-coloured plates by Georges-Jacques Gatine, Nicolas Schencker and others after designs by artists Horace Vernet, Louis-Marie Lanté, Dominique Bosio, Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Dutailly, etc. Example No. 490… Read more about this item

Very good copy of one of Louis-Marie Lanté's most popular costume books First edition from 1827. (It was re-issued in 1832 and 1841.) Complete with all 70 fine fashion plates of the French women from history known for their talents, rank or beauty There are queens, princesses, duchesses, mistresses, muses, fictional characters, salon hostesses, maids of honour and even witches from the 13th… Read more about this item

Very good copy of the rarest of Louis-Marie Lanté's costume books Complete with all 100 fine fashion plates of the women of Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Franconia, Kingdom of Naples, etc. First edition in a contemporary binding by A.-F. David of Courtrai (Kortrijk, West Flanders). Most plates signed by Lanté and engraver Gatine, a few unsigned credited to Horace Vernet. Explanatory text by Pierre de… Read more about this item

Very good copy of this rare suite of fashion plates by the prolific Louis-Marie Lanté With all hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 105 hand-coloured fashion plates showing the elegant costumes of the women of Caux, Normandy, in the 1820s With printed half-title and title in red and black, and eight pages of explanatory text by Pierre de la Mésangère. The fashion plates engraved by… Read more about this item

Very good copy of this rare suite of fashion plates by the prolific Louis-Marie Lanté With 39 (of 47) hand-coloured fashion plates showing the elegant costumes of Parisian female workers and tradeswomen of the 1820s No title page or text as usual. It's likely that Lanté drew these women in the streets and stores of Paris as they went about their work. A… Read more about this item

Good set of this landmark in chromolithography. With 324 beautiful chromolithographs mainly by Claudius Joseph Ciappori and Ferdinand Sere. Complete in two volumes of plates and two volumes of text. With one chromolithographed frontispiece in each text volume, 159 and 163 chromolithographs in the plate volumes. With a total of 324 beautiful chromolithograph plates illustrating the sumptuary or luxury arts of France… Read more about this item

Very good copy of this collection of chromolithographs of Medieval and Renaissance costumes With 12 plates from A. Mazuy's Types et Caracteres Anciens, d'apres des Documents Peints ou Ecrits. A dozen romantic figures from history in three colours (red, black and white) on a sepia background by the artists Theophile Fragonard and Dufey, lithographed by Louis Rene Letronne. With many curious vignettes… Read more about this item