Author: GIAFFERI, PAUL-LOUIS DE,
Title: L'Histoire du Costume Féminin Français; Album Huitième [8th Album]: Les Modes du Ier Empire 1799-1815. [Édition originale; First edition].
Description: Paris, Éditions Nilsson, [circa], 1930. Folio, original limp paper portfolio. Covertitle with a large coloured illustration, printed within a black line border, lower outer cover with a coloured fashion illustration and publ. serial titles at tail margin. [8]pp. of introduction and explanatory text. Numerous fine and detailed coloured fashion illustrations with legenda at tail margins on 12 loose plates. Album nr. 8 of this french language serial (10 published) surveying french female fashionable Costume from the first Empire, including underskirts, gloves, bags, parasols, shoes, hats. Good to very good copy in its original portfolio. (cover margins and spine a little bit chipped in places, ow. fine and fresh copy).

Keywords: fashion costume female napoleon empire survey history culture heritage dress robes underskirts shoes parasol gloves epoque modes french