Paris: Un Bureau du Journal Les Modes Parisiennes, 1865. "Parisian High Society" COMPTE-CALIX, Francois-Claudius. Six Tableaux de Compte Calix. Scènes Coloriées de la Bonne Compagnie Parisienne. Paris: Un Bureau du Journal Les Modes Parisiennes, [1865]. Oblong folio (10 5/8 x 15 inches; 270 x 381 mm.). Lithograph title-page and six..... More
London: Printed for Rodwell and Martin, 1823. The Costume of Sweden Twenty-Two Fine Hand Colored Lithographed Plates [SVEDMAN, Carl Wilhelm]. Costume of Sweden. Illustrated by Twenty-Two Engravings. London: Printed for Rodwell and Martin, 1823. First edition. Folio (16 1/8 x 12 5/8 inches; 409 x 321 mm.). Twenty-two fine hand..... More
London: Rodwell & Martin, 1820. The Way They Wore In Italy An Early Example of Lithography PINELLI, [Bartolomeo] and HULLMANDEL, C[harles Joseph]. Roman Costumes; Drawn From Nature by Pinelli and C. Hullmandel: On Stone by C. Hullmandel. London: Rodwell & Martin, n.d. [1820]. Large oblong folio (12 x 17 1/8..... More
Copenhagen: [C.W. Stinck], 1862. Danish National Costumes Thirty Superb Hand Colored Lithographs LUND, F[rederick]. C[hristian], illustrator. Danske Nationaldragter. [Lithographerede af Ad. Kittendorff]. Copenhagen: [C.W. Stinck], 1862. [Second enlarged edition]. Large folio (17 1/8 x 12 7/8 inches: 435 x 327 mm.). Title page with outline map of Denmark printed in..... More
Paris: n.p. [Chez Martinet], 1824. Familiar Scenes of Parisian Society Caught in the Wry [SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel]. J.S-------, PIGAL, &c, &c. Recueil des Scènes Familiéres, et de Société de Paris. Paris: n.p. [Chez Martinet], 1824. First (only) issue. Folio (14 1/8 x 10 3/16 inches: 359 x 263 mm.). Three parts..... More
Paris: Chez Bulla Frères, 1850. The Chaos and Pleasantries of Human Relationships NUMA (pseudonym of Pierre-Numa BASSAGET). Le Tohu-Bohu Plaisant. Paris: Chez Bulla Freres, [ca. 1850]. Folio (16 1/4 x 12 1/8 inches; 413 x 308 mm.). Sixty superb hand colored lithograph plates + duplicates (with different hand coloring) of..... More
London: Printed for John Murray… by W. Bulmer, 1814. With Fifty Hand-Colored Engraved Plates ALEXANDER, William. Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Austrians. Illustrated in fifty coloured engravings. With descriptions. London: Printed for John Murray… by W. Bulmer, 1814. Octavo (9 5/16 x 6 1/2 inches; 238..... More
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