By Charles Blanc

Published: London Frederick Warne and Co.

Size: 7.5" by 5" Pagination: ix, 267, (2)pp.

A translated edition of Blanc's illustrated work on the art of ornaments and dressing.

By Charles Blanc

1976 Art in Ornament and Dress

Name: 1876 Art in Ornament and Dress
SKU: 848T90
Price: 65 GBP
Availability: InStock

Published: London Frederick Warne and Co.

Size: 7.5" by 5" Pagination: ix, 267, (2)pp.

A translated edition of Blanc's illustrated work on the art of ornaments and dressing.

£65.00

weight: 0.75kgs / stock code: 848T90

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Description

Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Scarce work. Illustrated with eighty-four drawings and diagrams. Translated from the French. Dated from the British Library. An educational work on the art of ornament and dress, with particular reference to personal adornment and the value of amplitude or width in dress. Blanc also provides guides on colour, hair-dressing, and the male costume. Written by Charles Blanc, a French art critic and brother of the French socialist politician Louis Blanc.

Condition

In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light scattered spotting and age toning to the extremities.

Overall: Very Good

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