Author: Gratiane de Gardilanne; Elisabeth Whitney Moffat; Henry Royère
Title: Les Costumes Régionaux de la France, Deux Cents Aquarelles Par G. De Gardilanne Et E.W. Moffat
Description: New York, Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1929. Limited to 500 copies (sets), this being unnumbered. Hardcover. Four volumes originally in four clamshell boxes with silver gilt Fleur design embossed on cover and spines. Each box with Title-page and explanatory text and index for the 50 mounted color plates in that box. V. 1. Plates 1-50 (Alsace, l'Anjou, l'Artois, l'Auvergne, les Pas Basque, le Béarn, le Berry, La Bourgogne) -- v. 2. Plates 51-100 (La Bourgogne, la Bretagne, la Champagne, le Comtat-Venaissin, le Comté de Foix, le Comté de Nice, Le Dauphiné) -- v. 3. Plates 101-150 (Le Dauphiné, La Flandre, La Franche-Comté, La Gascogne, La Guyenne, L'Ile-de-France, Le Languedoc, Le Limousin, La Lorraine, Le Lyonnais, La Marche, La Normandie) -- v. 4. Plates 151-200 (La Normandie, L'Orléanais, La Picardie, Le Poitou, La Provence, La Saintonge, La Savoie, La Touraine). The plates are all mounted and inlaid in heavy paper mats./ Descriptive letterpress on mounted label at foot of each plate. A few plates have minor smudging to the age-toned mattes, but the plates are all bright. SOLD ONLY AS A COLLECTION OF VIVIDLY COLORED PLATES. Each matted plate measures 20.25" x 13.9" and each unmatted plates measures 14.9" x 9.5. VG. LACKS ALL TEXT AND BOXES ARE VERY DAMAGED. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY ONLY THE 200 PLATES.

Keywords: European Decorative Arts ; French Costume ; ; Textiles - European


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