LOUANDRE (Ch.) The Sumptuary Arts History... - Lot 229 - Eric Caudron

LOUANDRE (Ch.) The Sumptuary Arts History of costume and furnishings, and related arts and industries, under the direction of Hangard-Maugé. Drawings by Clus Ciappori. General introduction and explanatory text by Ch. Louandre. Colour prints by Hangard-Maugé. I. General introduction. - II. Explanatory text. - III. Plates from the 5th to the 14th century. - IV. Plates from the 15th to the 17th century Paris, Hangard-Maugé, 1857-1858, 4 vols. in-4 squares, 324 pl. in chromolithography, mounted on tabs, two fronts. (2 volumes of plates); copy in which the two frontispieces of the text volumes have been bound at the beginning of the volumes of plates, brown half maroon, spine ribbed, gilt heads (Pierson). A snag in the back, if not a good one