Les Modes De Paris: Variations Du Gout et De L'Esthetique De La Femme: 1798-1899

Paris: Societe Francaise d'Editions D'art; L. Henry May, 1899. Cloth. Very Good. Courboin, Francois. 8vo. iv +242 pp., 100 full page color plates, depicting women's fashion throughout the nineteenth century. A delightful, eye-filling traversal of Paris fashions from yesteryear. Plates are all very clean, with pages age toned. Cloth binding is tight. Original title page has neat thin strip cut from bottom. Illustrated paste ons on boards and spine have some soilage, with dime sized loss of illustration on rear cover.