Author: MAX [PLACE DE LABOURSE-PARIS],
Title: FOURRURES MAX. Modes Anciennes. [First edition].
Description: S.I. [Paris?], Fourrures Max, [circa], 19508. Small 8°. Original eleborate gilded ornamental boards. 1 leave of preface by Fourrures Max, presentation to his female clients with a coloured decorative hearpiece and two decorative initials, followed by 8 captioned coloured female fashion plates representing famous french females from various centuries: Jacqueline de la Grance (14th century), Agnes Sorel (15th century), Marie D'Anjou (15th century), Marie de Hainaut ((15th century), Éléonore d'Autriche (16th century), etc. All plates with original tissue guards, decorative endpapers. Illustrates high-class french furs from the 14th-17th centuries worn by Royals presented by Fourrures Max, Place de la Bourse, Paris to female clients. Plates reproduced after old engravings from the collection Fourrures Max. A charming little booklet in very fine condition.

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