Octave Uzanne - 1/1000 sur vélin spécial - Les Modes de Paris. Variations du goût et de l’esthétique de la femme, 1797-1897 - 1898





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Octave Uzanne’s French-language 1898 book *Les Modes de Paris. Variations du goût et de l’esthétique de la femme, 1797-1897* is an illustrated, numbered edition on special vellum, copy 159, bound in half leather.
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Octave Uzanne. The Modes of Paris: Variations in the Taste and Aesthetics of Women, 1797-1897.
Published by Société française d’éditions d’art, L.-Henry May, Paris 1898, large octavo (20 x 24.7 cm), complete.
Half-brown calfskin binding with corners, spine with 5 raised bands, author and title gilt, boards marbled paper, head gilt, not trimmed, bookmark. Covers preserved.
Illustrated edition with 100 color plates hors-texte by François Courboin, tracing a century of Parisian fashion from the Directory to the end of the 19th century, and numerous drawings in the text. Copy numbered on special vellum (No. 159).
Condition: Binding in good condition, spine worn, raised bands and caps rubbed. Foxing on the preliminary leaves and the last leaf, lighter in the text. Plates fresh overall. See photos for details.
Page count: IV-242 pages + hors-texte plates + printing completion.
Careful shipment in rigid and watertight packaging.
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Octave Uzanne. The Modes of Paris: Variations in the Taste and Aesthetics of Women, 1797-1897.
Published by Société française d’éditions d’art, L.-Henry May, Paris 1898, large octavo (20 x 24.7 cm), complete.
Half-brown calfskin binding with corners, spine with 5 raised bands, author and title gilt, boards marbled paper, head gilt, not trimmed, bookmark. Covers preserved.
Illustrated edition with 100 color plates hors-texte by François Courboin, tracing a century of Parisian fashion from the Directory to the end of the 19th century, and numerous drawings in the text. Copy numbered on special vellum (No. 159).
Condition: Binding in good condition, spine worn, raised bands and caps rubbed. Foxing on the preliminary leaves and the last leaf, lighter in the text. Plates fresh overall. See photos for details.
Page count: IV-242 pages + hors-texte plates + printing completion.
Careful shipment in rigid and watertight packaging.

