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UZANNE (Octave). The French Woman of the Century.
See original version (French)
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UZANNE (Octave). The French Woman of the Century.
See original version (French)
Estimate €50 - €60
Voluntary lot
Description
UZANNE (Octave). The French Woman of the Century. Fashions. Customs. Practices... Watercolour illustrations by Albert Lynch, etched in colour by Eugène Gaujean.
Paris, Quantin, 1886; large 8vo. 2 leaves–XVI–273 pp.–2 leaves–10 plates. Olive half-maroquin Bradel binding, corners, smooth spine decorated with a longitudinal floral design, with gilt fillets and small gilt irons, mosaic-style florets, gilt head, untrimmed, illustrated cover preserved. (Contemporary binding). – Engraved bookplate. Spine discoloured to a fawn shade. Minor foxing on the frontispiece and the margins of the plates.
First edition. Illustrations in headpieces and as separate plates. Nineteenth-century fashions: Nymphs and Merveilleuses; the great coquettes of the First Empire; Lionesses and fashionables; the contemporaries.... (Vicaire VII, 924).
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About the sale
ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS at 11.00 am and 2.00 pm
Auction location
Auction time
10/29/2026 at 11:00 AM
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