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Paris: Libraire de Firmin-Didot Et Cie, 1888. Petite" first edition. Fine. ( One monochrome plate in Vol II with half-inch spot due to cohesion with resulting small hole in facing page not affecting any text; also a very small brown spot on lower edge of a page not affecting text).. Petite" first edition. Six volumes. Square 8vo. Illustrated with 500 plates, 300 in vivid chromolithography printed by Didot, and 200 in camaieu (monochrome) - complete. Bindings marked Brentano's Paris. Bound in half royal blue crushed morocco with gold-veined marbled sides and marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine richly gilt with floral ornaments. "This edition... is known as the small or 'petite' edition. The same text and plates were published at the same time in a larger edition, folio size, usually described as the "grande edition". The only difference is in the size of the page and color of the paper. Plates are printed from the same lithograph plates, but in the 'grande edition' they are on titled paper. (Hiler &… Read More

Firmin-Didot, c. 1888. Edition: First Edition. , Binding: Half contemporary morocco with matching pebbled cloth, with gilt borderings on boards. Spine in six compartments of raised bands, with dense gilt ornamental devices. Gilt title on 2. Text in French., Notes: In this fine work, which took 12 years to complete, various range of costumes and hair-styles, jewelry, period furnishings, weapons, furniture, are covered and has been a very rich source for artists and designers of various backgrounds. The usage of chromolithography has provided brilliant colors for the plates. There are 500 plates including 300 in color, gold and silver, and 200 in monochrome. Each part is preceded by a descriptive note. Volume I is an overview of the collection; Volume II focuses on classical antiquity outside of Europe; Volume III introduces the European world; Volume IV centers on France and Europe until the seventeenth century; Volume V discusses France in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; Volume VI moves… Read More