Lot n° 399
Estimation :
1200 - 1500
EUR
[CHARPENTIER (Henry)]. Recueil des costumes de la Bretagne e - Lot 399
[CHARPENTIER (Henry)]. Recueil des costumes de la Bretagne et des contrées de la France, ou la mise des Habitans offre quelque singularité remarquable. Dedicated to Her Royal Highness Madame, Duchesse de Berry. [Tome I.] Nantes, Charpentier, sd [1829-1831].
One volume (of two) large in-4 with [1] f. engraved title and 60 out-of-text lithographed and colored plates, numbered by department "very interesting for the regional and peasant costumes of France" (Colas):
Morbihan (5), Ille-et-Vilaine (4), Finistère (22), Côtes du Nord (2), Seine-Inférieure (11), Eure (5), Manche (3), Calvados (4), Eure-et-Loir (2), Mayenne (1), Loiret (1).
Dark green half-maroquin, finely decorated smooth spine, gilt title (slightly later binding).
Some foxing.
Ex-libris J.M. (Colas n°612.)
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