[Costumes] (Musée de costumes)

Paris, Aubert, ca. 1850. Collection of 130 handcol. engr. plates, contemp. half mor., 4to. Impressive collection of plates depicting costumes of France, Algeria, Russia, Italy, Switzerland, South-America, Germany, Spain and Scandinavia. Binding poor, some plates loose, some foxing. Added: Bals de l'Opéra: costumes du quadrille historique. Paris, Rittner et Goupil, n.d. (ca. 1850). Lithogr. title and 17 handcol. lithogr. plates by Kaeppelin, depicting historic ball costumes. Contemp. hleather, large folio, 58 x 43 cm. Binding poor. First plate w. large tear, some plates heavily foxed, most in good condition.

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