Le Bibliophile Jacob - Costumes historiques de la France - 1852

[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 revolutions of fashion in France. Paris, at the Administration de librairie, [1852]. 10 volumes in-folio (24 x 15 cm), half red morocco at Bradel (binding of the period), with gilt-to-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 rubbing at the upper edges, rare foxing. Very good overall condition. Illustrated with 640 wood engravings hors-texte, colored. The first eight volumes are preceded by a volume titled History of the Private Life of the French and followed by a volume containing a collection of original pieces on the costume and 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 as the 4th arrondissement at his home on Rue de Sully, in his rooms at the Arsenal Library, was a French scholar and librarian, curator of the Arsenal Library. Beautiful and rare copy in 10 volumes.

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