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a picture of a book with a picture of people in ita lot of people dressed in different costumessix red books are lined up in a row on a white surfacean old book with a black and white title on itan image of a drawing of a man with a bow and a woman with a horsean illustration of a group of women dressed in oriental clothingan illustration of a group of women in renaissance dress
Maître Paul PASTAUD

706 - RACINET (Albert). Historical Costume. The main types of clot…
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Estimate €250 - €300
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RACINET (Albert). Historical Costume. The main types of clothing and adornment, compared with those found within the home throughout the ages and amongst all peoples, with numerous details on furniture, weapons, everyday objects, means of transport, etc. Paris, Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1888. 6 volumes, small square quarto (23 x 20 cm), burgundy half-shagreen, spine with five gold-threaded raised bands, title and volume number in gold, gold fillet, gilt head (contemporary binding). Some slight scuffing. The illustrations comprise 500 plates, of which 300 are in colour, gold and silver, and 200 in monochrome Volume I: 256 pages of tables and 12 tables of cross-sections and costume patterns. Volume II: Part 1, Classical Antiquity (plates 1 to 59); Part 2, the world outside Europe (plates 60 to 100). Volume III: Part 3, the non-European world (continued), followed by the European Middle Ages (plates 101 to 180 and 180 to 200) Volume IV: France and Europe up to the 17th century (plates 201 to 300) Volume V: France from the 17th to the 18th century (plates 301 to 400) Volume VI: France from the 18th century to modern times (plates 401 to 410) and modern Europe by individual nations (plates 411 to 500). A reference work by Auguste Racinet (1825–1893) on the history of costume—civilian, religious and military—which also covers the history of jewellery, ornaments and hairstyles. The illustrations, in which the chromolithographs printed by Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790–1876) are truly marvellous, have made this a unique document and a source of artistic inspiration in the fields of fashion and illustration.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 2 of 4 – Nos. 550 to 1084
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Auction time 08/20/2026 at 11:00 AM
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