Le Bibliophile Jacob - Costumes historiques de la France - 1852
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Ten-volume illustrated folio edition (24 x 15 cm) of Costumes historiques de la France by Le Bibliophile Jacob (Paul Lacroix), published in 1852, in very good condition with 2676 pages and 640 coloured wood engravings.
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[LACROIX (Paul)] - The Bibliophile JACOB
Historical costumes of France (...) with a descriptive text preceded by the History of the private life of the French (...) and followed by a curious collection (...) on the costumes and the revolutions of fashion in France.
Paris, at the Administration de librairie, [1852].
10 volumes in-folio (24 x 15 cm), half red morocco à la Bradel (period binding), gilding to the spine, speckled edges, covers preserved, ex-libris repeated on each volume, [4]-187 ; [4]-172 ; [4]-217 ; [4]-202 ; [4]-256 ; [4]-202-[1] ; [4]-214-[1] ; [4]-221-[2] ; [4]-441-[2] ; [4]-517 pages (complete). Some minor scuffs at the upper joints, rare foxing. Very good overall condition.
Illustrated with 640 wood engravings hors-texte, colored.
The first eight volumes are preceded by a volume entitled History of the Private Life of the French and followed by a volume containing a collection of original pieces on costume and the revolutions of fashion in France.
A very interesting work for the history of costume, endowed with a wide and high-quality iconographic apparatus.
Paul Lacroix, better known under the pseudonyms P. L. Jacob or Bibliophile Jacob, born February 27, 1806 in Paris and died October 16, 1884 in Paris 4th arrondissement at his home on Rue de Sully, in his rooms at the Arsenal Library, was a French erudite polygrapher, curator of the Arsenal Library.
Beautiful and rare copy in 10 volumes.
[LACROIX (Paul)] - The Bibliophile JACOB
Historical costumes of France (...) with a descriptive text preceded by the History of the private life of the French (...) and followed by a curious collection (...) on the costumes and the revolutions of fashion in France.
Paris, at the Administration de librairie, [1852].
10 volumes in-folio (24 x 15 cm), half red morocco à la Bradel (period binding), gilding to the spine, speckled edges, covers preserved, ex-libris repeated on each volume, [4]-187 ; [4]-172 ; [4]-217 ; [4]-202 ; [4]-256 ; [4]-202-[1] ; [4]-214-[1] ; [4]-221-[2] ; [4]-441-[2] ; [4]-517 pages (complete). Some minor scuffs at the upper joints, rare foxing. Very good overall condition.
Illustrated with 640 wood engravings hors-texte, colored.
The first eight volumes are preceded by a volume entitled History of the Private Life of the French and followed by a volume containing a collection of original pieces on costume and the revolutions of fashion in France.
A very interesting work for the history of costume, endowed with a wide and high-quality iconographic apparatus.
Paul Lacroix, better known under the pseudonyms P. L. Jacob or Bibliophile Jacob, born February 27, 1806 in Paris and died October 16, 1884 in Paris 4th arrondissement at his home on Rue de Sully, in his rooms at the Arsenal Library, was a French erudite polygrapher, curator of the Arsenal Library.
Beautiful and rare copy in 10 volumes.
Details
Number of books
10
Subject
Fashion, History, Illustrated, Literature
Book title
Costumes historiques de la France
Author/ Illustrator
Le Bibliophile Jacob
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1852
Height
24 cm
Edition
Illustrated Edition
Width
15 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Number of pages
2676
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