Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples pdf

Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples

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Plates hand-colored’, ‘Half-title: Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples’, ‘Spine title: Costumes de tous les peuples’, ‘Signatures: v.1: A-Íı [-I8] Ḱı [-K1] L-T́ı V́þ’, ‘Signatures: v.2: A-Ýı’, ‘Signatures: v.3: A-Źı [-Z8]’, ‘Signatures: v.4: A-V́ı X́þ’, ‘Boston Public Library (Fine Arts) copy rebound in volumes 1-3, while volume 4 retains its original binding. Volumes 1-3 bound in purple-gray cloth over boards, with spine title, decorative bars, and volume numeration stamped in gilt along spine. Volume 4 bound in leather over boards with marbled paper pastedowns and fly leaves. Front and back covers include gilt decorative devices, in the form of a grapevine, along head-, tail-, fore-, and spine-edge. Spine includes gilt bars and decorative devices, and three black leather panels with the spine title and volume numeration in gilt. Front pastedown of volumes 1-3 include ex libris (book plate) of the Boston Public Library, while volume 4 includes an older ex libris of the Boston Public Library which identifies the copy as purchased with “the income of the Scholfield bequests.” All four volumes include a perforated stamp on the title page of the Public Library of the City of Boston.

Each plate includes the stamp, in red ink, of the Boston Public Library

• Creator/s: Marechal, Sylvain, 1750-1803, author, Deterville, Jean-FrancŒois-Pierre, 1766-1842, bookseller, Boiste, Pierre Claude Victoire, 1765-1824, printer
• Date: 1788
• Book Topics/Themes: Clothing and dress, Costume, Ethnic costume

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