Author: BOUCHER, F.,
Title: A History of Costume in the West. [First english language edition translated by John Ross after the original french edition 1965].
Description: `London, Thames and Hudson, 1967. Small stout 4°., orig. cloth, dustjacket. gilded publ. logo on front cover, gilded title on spine. 441pp. Numerous coloured. and black/white illustrations in text and full-page, figures, diagrams, bibliography, index, lace patterned endpapers, table of contents. Large nicely designed coloured ex-libris pasted on verso of f.e.p. Lavishly illustrated english language encyclopaedic monograph describing history and development of european costume, fshions and clothing from the pre-christian Era up till 1964; including North Africa and the Antique world. Fine copy, WITH dustjacket. (some light rubbing to tail margin of dustjacket at fron].

Keywords: history costume dress clothing fashion culture heritage legacy sourcework