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168 - Royal Gallery of Costumes Painted from Life by Various Artis…
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Estimate €500 - €800
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Royal Gallery of Costumes Painted from Life by Various Artists and Lithographed by Alophe, Janet-Lange and Dollet. Paris, published by Aubert, Place de la Bourse, circa 1842. 1 folio volume, publisher’s half-percaline binding in garnet, black shagreen spine, romantic metal-stamped title on the front cover, ribbed spine decorated with title, all edges gilt. Normal wear and tear, fragile or split clasps. Illustrated with 30 superb lithographs printed in colour and enhanced with watercolour and gum arabic. Despite a few scattered foxing spots, the plates retain a lovely freshness. A gallery of 30 French costumes numbered as follows: 1 woman of a Poletai fisherman 2 Poletai fisherman 3 fisherman’s wife 4 Poletai fisherman 5 Cauchoise peasant woman 6 Rosporden bell-ringer 7 Cauchoise peasant woman 8 Cauchoise peasant woman 9 Landudale 10 woman from Falaise 11 woman from Bayeux 12: fisherwoman from Le Tréport 13: peasant from Pont-Aven, near Quimper 14: woman from Nîmes 15: woman from Briec, near Quimper 16: women gathering worms on the Channel coast 17: woman from Pont-Aven, near Quimperlé 18 peasant woman from the Paris area 19 woman from the Morlaix area 20 woman from the Campan Valley 21 fresh butter seller from the village of Laruns in the Ossau Valley 22 woman from Guémené 23 milkman, farmer from the vicinity of Pau 24 woman from Gouézec, near Châteaulin 25 young woman from the Ossau Valley 26 craftswoman from Morlaix 27 young woman from Les Eaux-Bonnes 28 a farmer from the Aren mountains 29 a woman from Saint-Flour 30 a fishmonger from Les Sables-d’Olonne. Very rare
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Auction time 10/26/2026 at 2:00 PM
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