Butazzi, Grazietta and Doretta Davanzo, et al.

I Mestieri Della Moda a Venezia: The Arts and Crafts of Fashion in Venice from the Thirteenth Century to the Eighteenth Century

New York, The Equitable Gallery / Consorzio Maestri Calzaturien den Brenta, 1995. Softcover. glossy, red wrappers w/ white printing & cover illustration. 139 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. 186+ annotated listings of textiles and fashion. Nicely illustrated. Good+. scratches & scuffs to cover. rubbed & chipped spine top. spine creased; textblock firm. pgs heavily edge-toned, though clean.

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Book number: 180685

Catalogue: Costume / Dress - European

Keywords: 13th Century Venetian Fashion, 18th Century Venetian Fashion, Italian Fastion, Italian Dress ; 13th Century Venetian Fashion, 18th Century Venetian Fashion, Italian Fastion, Italian Dress ; ;

Celant, Germano, Luigi Settembrini, and Ingrid Sischy

Biennale Di Firenze: Looking at Fashion

Milan, Skira, 1996. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with white lettering along spine, metallic silver and black dustjacket with multi-colored lettering, 683 pp. illustrated throughout in both bw and color. "..Contemporary fashion has its own complex system of appearing in the world. There are the collections, the businesses, the stores, the advertisements, the magazines, the media coverage, etc. Even with all this, though, we, like many others, delt that something crucial was missing. As many people have observed, fashion has such a hold on our culture, and yet it still isn't really recognized as being a part of true culture .. While contemporary fashion has its occasional shows in museums and galleries and receives plenty of attention, like many individuals, both inside and outside fashion, we were frustrated that the discourse about contempoary fashion is usually so superficial. In our minds a cultural event that was deidicated to looking at the culture of fashion was long overdue, as was an event that engaged the subject of art and fashion, in a deeper was than is usually done. And we though that if this event could be established in a manner that nourished the ideas of creativity, exploration, experimentation, it would be a welcome opportunity for those involved, as well as for the public. Out of these seeds grew the first Biennale di Firenze." - from introduction. VG/VG (minimal shelf wear, dustjacket has rubbing at corners and some peeling in front, otherwise in excellent condition with all pages clear and intact) .

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Book number: 180803

Catalogue: Costume / Dress - European

Keywords: Fashion ; Fashion ; ; Fashion

Garnier, Guillaume

Paris-Couture-Annees Trente

Paris, Le Musee / Le Palais, 1987. Softcover. Gray wraps illustrated in bw on front cover, white and black lettering; 255 pp; profuse bw and color illustrations throughout. Text in French. Fashion and Costume Museum, Palais Galliéra, May 7, 1987. VG (light shelfwear to wraps, slight ripple, text and illustrations are crisp and clean) .

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Book number: 180888

Catalogue: Costume / Dress - European

Keywords: Costume and Dress, European ; French Fashion, Costume Designers ; ; Costume and Dress, European

Hope, Thomas

Costume of the Ancients (2 Volumes)

London, H. G. Bohn, 1841. Hardcover. Green leather boards. Gilt lettering on 5 raised band spine. 321 b/w plates. G. Both covers have significant peeling of leather portions, especially at spines. Both covers largely seperated from bookblocks. Some corner/edge damage. Spines have cracking at cover hinge. Volume 2 has significant damage on rear cover. Bookblocks have age toning and minor edge damage. Interior pageshave age toning around all edges.

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Book number: 187706

Catalogue: Costume / Dress - European

Keywords: Costume, Greek, Rome ; Costume ; ; Costume

Louandre, Charles; Claudius Ciappori

Les Arts Somptuaires Histoire Du Costume Et de L'Ameublement

Paris, Hangard-Mauge, 1857. Hardcover. French language text. 2 Volumes. Decorative cloth boards. Green leather corners and spines. Gilt lettering and design elements on 5 raised band spines. Decorative interior covers and end pages. Vol I 344pgs. Vol II 280 pgs. G Covers have general wear edge/corner damage. Leather has peeling. Spines have peeling, cracking, color fading. Bookblocks have age toning. Interior pages have minor age toning.

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Book number: 187916

Catalogue: Costume / Dress - European

Keywords: Costume/Dress, Europe ; Costume ; ; Costume

Pool, Mariska and Saskia Smit

Dressed to Kill: Mode, Uniform

Zwolle, Waanders, 2000. Softcover. Color illustrated wraps with red and white lettering, black spine with red and white lettering, 143 pp, profusely illustrated in color and bw. Signed and inscribed by author on inside front cover. Text in Dutch. The influence of martial clothing on clothing and fashion in civil society from ancient Greece to the present. Ed. is M. Army Museum Delft on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name. VG (corners lightly bumped and slight wear to wraps) .

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Book number: 177415

Catalogue: Costume / Dress - European

Keywords: ; Clothing and Dress/Symbolic Dress ; ;

Roy, Hippolyte

La Vie, la Mode, Et le Costume Au Xviie Siecle, Epoque Louis XIII; Etude Sur la Cour de Lorraine Etablie D'Apres Les Memoires Des Fournisseurs Et Artisans

Paris, Edouard Champion, 1924. Softcover. Tan wraps with black and red lettering; xvi, 553 pp, plates, portraits, facsimiles (some color, part double), uncut pages.  Each colored plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. Text in French. Life, fashion and costume in the XVIIth century, Louis XIII period. Preface by Christian Pfister with 27 plates out of text, including an original watercolor by Maurice Leloir. Good+ (soiling and shelfwear to wraps, internal hinges loose but all pages are intact, age toning as expected with age, but text and plates are otherwise clean and clear.) .

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Book number: 182339

Catalogue: Costume / Dress - European

Keywords: European Costume and Dress ; French Costume, Manners and Customs, Lorraine ; ; European Costume and Dress

Steele, Valerie

The Fan: Fasion and Femininity Unfolded

New York, Rizzoli, 2002. Hardcover. Purple cloth boards with color illustration on front cover, gilt lettering on front and spine, 128 pp, illustrated in bw and color. "Fans have existed for at least five thousand years in cultures as diverse as ancient Egypt, India, and China. Arguably the most fascinating ornament in fashion, the fan has a deep and colorful history. The Fan is a visual celebration of the fan through time, richly illustrated with art culled from the world's premier fan museums and private collectors and with original photography. In an engaging overview of the fan throughout history, fashion curator Valerie Steele discusses the development of the fan, famous fans, fan artisans, and the fan's function at its height of glory during the eighteenth century and the Belle Epoque. The Fan is a beautiful, informative, and entertaining introduction to one of the most compelling fashion accessories of all time." -website description. Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-125). As new in shrinkwrap .

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Book number: 176831

Catalogue: Costume / Dress - European

Keywords: Costume and Dress ; Fans in Art ; ; Costume and Dress

White, Palmer

Poiret

New York, Clarkson N Potter, 1973. Hardcover. blue cloth w/ gilt spine printing. 192 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. green & orange illustrated dustjacket. First ~40 pgs have instances of light, brown soiling to spine and edges, from what appeared to be small chocolate fragments. Page 51 has a large, coffee-like ring to page edge. Pages 56-58 have light, yellow soiling/smudging to edges. Pages have light toning to edges. Overall, a nice, tight copy. Good+. edge-wear & scuffs to lower covers. rubbing to corners. spine ends worn & creased. dustjacket spine lightly sunned; spine ends worn; edge-wear; small, old sticker to back cover.

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Book number: 180800

Catalogue: Costume / Dress - European

Keywords: Paul Poiret, French Fashion, French Fashion Design, French Fashion Designers ; Paul Poiret, French Fashion, French Fashion Design, French Fashion Designers ; ;