The History of the Feminine Costume of the World From the Year 5318 B. C. to our Century. China, Japan, Egypt, Assyria, Persia, India, Greece, Rome, Orient New York: Foreign Publications, Inc., [1926].
First American edition.
Folio. Complete in ten parts, each with eight text pages and ten color plates. Publisher's blue cloth portfolio, color illustration mounted to front cover, spine lettered in gilt, with original satin ties. Text and plates loose as issued in the original fascicles. Minor rubbing and edge-wear to portfolio, rear joint barely starting, faint soiling to extremities and verso of a few plates. Despite the occasional minor blemish, still a near fine set, extremely scarce in this condition.
First American edition of this beautiful history of costume, printed in France.
The one hundred brightly colored pochoir plates, many accented in gilt, feature illustrations of clothing, jewelry, and accessories from countries around the world. A truly stunning production.
ID:
8281
$
900