[ADOLPHE, Janet-Lange (fl. c. 1482-8)]
Galerie Royale de Costumes. 50 costumes italiens. Paris: Chez Aubert, [n.d. but c. 1842-1848].
Crisp suite of plates from the series Galerie Royale de Costume. The series, with a total of 204 lithographs, was published in issues, each one dedicated to a specific nation. The present issue, made up of 50 plates, shows the costumes of Italy, with each plate accompanied by a caption recording the position and title of the person depicted and the name of his hometown or city. Bobins II, 581; Colas 1163, pp.412-413.
Folio (499 x 320mm). Printed title and 50 lithographic plates, coloured by a contemporary hand and heightened with gum arabic (very light and marginal finger-soiling). Modern polished navy calf gilt, moiré end papers.
[ADOLPHE, Janet-Lange (fl. c. 1482-8)]
Galerie Royale de Costumes. 50 costumes italiens. Paris: Chez Aubert, [n.d. but c. 1842-1848].
Crisp suite of plates from the series Galerie Royale de Costume. The series, with a total of 204 lithographs, was published in issues, each one dedicated to a specific nation. The present issue, made up of 50 plates, shows the costumes of Italy, with each plate accompanied by a caption recording the position and title of the person depicted and the name of his hometown or city. Bobins II, 581; Colas 1163, pp.412-413.
Folio (499 x 320mm). Printed title and 50 lithographic plates, coloured by a contemporary hand and heightened with gum arabic (very light and marginal finger-soiling). Modern polished navy calf gilt, moiré end papers.
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