Costumes Civiles Atuels De Tous Les Peulples Connus, Desines D'Apres Nature, Graves Et Colories. VOLUME ONE ONLY
by Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, Jacques
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Contemporary full brown tree calf. Very good
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Chez Pavard, 1788. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown tree calf. Very good. 5 pages in text. 22 x 17 cm. Seventy-four full-page hand-colored aquatint plates, all with tissue guards. Born in Canada, Grasset removed to France in 1764, serving there as writer, diplomat and publisher with a bent toward Republicanism and enlightenment ideals. Set complete in four volumes. COLAS 1879-81. Plates clean, fresh and bright, raised bands, spine labels in red and green, edge scuffing, one centimeter chip backstrip foot toward rear cover.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19945
- Title
- Costumes Civiles Atuels De Tous Les Peulples Connus, Desines D'Apres Nature, Graves Et Colories. VOLUME ONE ONLY
- Author
- Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, Jacques
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary full brown tree calf. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Chez Pavard
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1788
- Keywords
- Book Arts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Costume; Art Reference; Design; Women; Textiles;
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ardsley, New York
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- First Edition
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Calf
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