L' Ombrelle. Le Gant - Le Manchon. Illustrations de Paul Avril
by UZANNE, Octave
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- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Paris. A. Quantin, Imprimeur-Editeur. 1883. Soft cover. tall8vo, 25.5cm, iv,138,[2,pl]p., rubricated title, extensively one colour (sepia's) illustrated throughout from drawings and after paintings and water colours by Avril, most pages set in decorated frame borders, beautifully printed and bound in fine signed binding by "Pawson & Nicholson" in full green morocco, raised bands, gilt decorated spine panels and elaborate border decorations on the boards, wide inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, with the original colour decorated wraps bound in, some slight wear at the edges and bands but a very good to fine copy. (cgc) A wonderful illustrated treatise on the history of costume, especially umbrellas, parasols, gloves, and muffs. Paul Avril was one of the greatest book illustrators of the Nineteenth century.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC) (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23376
- Title
- L' Ombrelle. Le Gant - Le Manchon. Illustrations de Paul Avril
- Author
- UZANNE, Octave
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Paris. A. Quantin, Imprimeur-Editeur. 1883
- Keywords
- COSTUME DESIGN ILLUSTRATION FINE BINDING UMBRELLA PARASOLS GLOVES MUFFS CLOTHES FASHION
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About the Seller
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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- Morocco
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- Fine
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