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a drawing of a group of people walking togethera row of old books sitting on top of a white tablea book with a drawing of two women in blue dressesan old fashion illustration of two women in evening dressesa drawing of a group of women in dressesa picture of a woman in a white dress with yellow trimmingsthree women in dresses that are standing togetheran old fashion book with two women in dresses and flowersthe front cover of a book with a black and white title on ita drawing of a woman wearing a dress and a hata drawing of a group of women in dressesan open book sitting on top of a table next to a cup of coffeetwo women in dresses that are standing next to each othera picture of a woman riding a horse next to a woman in a dressan open book with a drawing of two women in pink dressestwo women in dresses that are standing next to each otheran open book with a picture of a woman and two children
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403 - Petit Courrier des Dames / Journal des demoiselles.
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Estimate €300 - €400
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Petit Courrier des Dames / Journal des demoiselles. A set of 12 volumes, 1850–1879, containing a total of 287 colour fashion plates: - Petit Courrier des Dames, 1850, 1 vol. in-4, thick brown half-basane, sun-faded spine, scuffed. 30 engraved fashion plates, 27 of which are watercoloured. Slight marginal water stains. - *Journal des Demoiselles*, 1863. 1 vol. in-4, thick brown half-percaline, spine sun-faded. 16 engraved fashion plates (separate from the text) and watercoloured. A few small foxing spots. - *Journal des Demoiselles*, 1864. 1 vol. in-4, thick brown half-basane, sun-faded spine. 13 engraved fashion plates (separate from the text) with watercolour highlights. A few rare foxing spots. - *Journal des Demoiselles*, 1865. 1 vol. quarto, in thick brown half-basane; spine sun-faded. 13 plates of fashion engravings, watercoloured and placed outside the text. A few foxing spots. - *Journal des Demoiselles*, 1866. 1 vol. quarto, thick brown half-basane, spine sun-faded, scuffed. 14 engraved and watercoloured fashion plates, inserted separately. A few foxing spots; a few loose leaves. - *Journal des Demoiselles*, 1867. 1 vol. quarto, thick brown half-basane, spine badly sun-faded, scuffed and with skin tears. 16 plates of fashion illustrations, engraved and watercoloured. A few foxing spots. - *Journal des Demoiselles*, 1868. 1 vol. quarto, thick brown half-basane, spine badly sun-faded, rubbed and with skin damage. 17 engraved and watercoloured fashion plates. - *Journal des Demoiselles*, 1869. 1 vol. in-4, thick brown half-basane. 10 engraved and watercoloured fashion plates. A few foxing spots. - *Journal des Demoiselles*, 1870. 1 vol. quarto, thick brown half-basane, spine sun-faded, scuffed. 16 plates of fashion engravings, watercoloured and placed outside the text. A few foxing spots. - *Journal des Demoiselles*, 1876. 1 vol. quarto, in thick red half-basane, rubbed and with scuffs. 56 engraved and watercoloured fashion plates, placed outside the text. - *Journal des Demoiselles*, 1877. 1 vol. quarto, thick red half-basane, scuffed and with skin wear. 39 plates of fashion engravings, watercoloured and placed outside the text. - *Journal des Demoiselles*, 1879. 1 vol. quarto, in thick dark green half-shagreen, some scuffing. 47 fashion plates, engraved and watercoloured, placed outside the text.
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Auction time 09/09/2026 at 1:00 PM
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