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Les Reines de l'aiguille. Modistes et couturières., édition originale

(Parisian study).

Les Reines de l'aiguille. Modistes et couturières Arsène Alexandre
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Réf. 40936
 1200.00
 1080.00

ALEXANDRE (Arsène) illustrated by François COURBOIN

Paris  -  Théophile Belin  -  1902

  • Bookbinder : CHAMBOULE-DURU
  • Format : In-4.
  • Number of volumes : 1 volume.
  • Binding : Bound.
  • Collation : 189 pp.

Leather-edged slipcase. Full green morocco binding. Nervous spine decorated. Dishes decorated with a set of 5 gilded and one dotted fillets and 6 gilded fleurons at the corners. All edges gilt. Wide inside edge decorated with gold fillets and dotted dots. Cover and spine preserved. Binding signed CHAMBOULE-DURU.

ORIGINAL EDITION decorated with 40 etchings by François COURBOIN,
limited edition of 300 numbered copies. This one of the 100 copies on Imperial Japan containing 2 additional etchings on Japan: pure etching and etching with black remarks.

These delicate and fresh watercolours bear witness to the life of fashion designers and seamstresses in Paris in 1900: working in the workshop, choosing fabrics, fitting, delivering hats, dancing, eating "Midinettes" in the public garden, walking along the Grand Boulevards, etc.

Very pleasant.

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