Description:
Paris, [c. 1840-1856].Oblong 4to [237 x 305 cm] of 20 numbered double-pages. Bound in green shagreen, double gilt fillet on the covers, name of the perfume company, place and address gilt stamped on the front cover. Contemporary binding slightly worn.
Outstanding sample catalogue of perfumes and cosmetics from the middle of the 19th century, presenting the collection of perfumes and cosmetic products offered for sale by the Parisian house Maugenet et Coudray.Rare testimony of the richness and luxury of the merchandise produced in this field in the 19th century, it was used as a sale catalogue by this French company.
This catalogue contains over 400 products reproduced in lithograph, such as many bars of soap, lip balms, crème de Perse, perfumes, hair oils, flower oils, brillantine, many creams, hair lotions, extracts of fragrance, eau de cologne, toilet water, tooth pastes, thin cosmetic for moustache…
Each of the products one has been coloured and often bear a lavishly gauffered and gilt label.… Read More