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550 - RACINET (Albert Charles Auguste) "Historical Costume.
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Estimate €100 - €150
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RACINET (Albert Charles Auguste) "Historical Costume. Five hundred plates, three hundred in colour, gold and silver, two hundred in monochrome, with explanatory notes and a historical study” Paris, Firmin-Didot, n.d. (c. 1880). 18 volumes corresponding to ‘installments’ (1 to 10, 12, 13, 15 to 20) in loose-leaf format bound in laced cardboard covers, and Volume I, ‘Principal Types of Clothing and Adornment’, published in 1888. (Water stains on the first pages of Volume I; handwritten annotations on the covers of the cardboard bindings; as is, not collated)
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About the sale BEAUTIFUL FURNISHINGS, PAINTINGS, OBJETS D'ART, ENTOMOLOGY, VINTAGE VEHICLES
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Auction time 06/28/2026 at 2:00 PM
Ref. : 5560 - 157
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