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Bordeaux – Gironde – Guyenne – Gascony
GALARD (Gustave de)
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184
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Bordeaux – Gironde – Guyenne – Gascony
GALARD (Gustave de)
A…
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Bordeaux – Gironde – Guyenne – Gascony
GALARD (Gustave de)
A collection of the various costumes of the inhabitants of Bordeaux and the surrounding area. Drawings by G. de GALARD. Notes by His Excellency Geraud. [Bordeaux, Lavigne le Jeune, 1818–19].
Quarto; 28 out of 32 engravings by Le ROY, hand-coloured and mounted on tabs, accompanied by 28 pages of notes. A stain along the margin outside the engravings on plates 22 and 23.
Contemporary Bradel-style cardboard binding. Without the grey-blue covers of the instalments.
Album normally complete in 32 plates; 28 are present in this copy. Extremely rare. Occasionally, individual plates from the instalments are found, but the complete album is almost never available. The album does not contain a title page; the grey-blue cover of the instalments sometimes serves as the title page. List of the various costumes: Grisette; Milkmaid; Maid; Layt; Oyster seller; Milliner; Coalman; Strawberry seller; Baked apple seller; Porters; Artisan; Young girl from La Teste; Shepherdess from the Landes; Shepherd from the Landes (Cousiot); Shepherd from the Landes; Young resin collector; Boatman; Grisette; Woman of the people (old woman); Woman from Blaye; Young women from Caudéran; Poultry seller; Woman from La Roque (de Tau); Cloth merchants; Chestnut seller; Sailor; Shoe shiner; Chicken seller.
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