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777 - PLAISIR de FRANCE, DECEMBER 1949 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL issue.
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Estimate €25
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Description
PLAISIR de FRANCE, DECEMBER 1949 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL issue. A famous and luxurious magazine of the time, 31.5 x 24 cm, 248 pages in softback. Articles and full-page illustrated adverts, in black and white and colour, featuring works by the greatest illustrators of the era and the most iconic brands of the time: Lanvin perfumes, Yardley soaps and perfumes, the Marquise de Sévigné, Worth perfumes, Cadoricin hair pomade, Daum, Elizabeth Arden perfumes, Gchiaparelli perfumes, Racine fabrics; Universal watches, Rhodia veils, Guerlain, ‘Chantilly’ – the new Houbigant perfume, art-deco rings and lighting fittings, ‘à la ville du Puy’ lingerie, Patek Philippe, ‘La voix de son maître’, Ulysse Nardin chronometers, Molinard perfumes, Murat jewellery, the Mors washing machine, Lys stockings, Boucheron, Révillon, Frigidaire, Champagne, Burgundy, etc... Contents include: *The Primacy of the Spiritual* by Jules Romains; *Angels* by Jean Cocteau, illustrated with drawings by Cocteau, Bérard, Waroquier, etc.; *Monasteries and Convents*; *Spirituality in the Middle Ages*, etc... (minor imperfections to the cover).
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About the sale SALE OF COINS, BANKNOTES, MEDALS, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY HEADGEAR, INSIGNIA AND DECORATIONS – lots 300 to 598 Followed by OLD PAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS, DOCUMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS – Lots 599 to 862
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Auction time 10/20/2026 at 2:00 PM
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