Les FRANÇAIS. Costumes des principales provinces de la France, dessinés d'aprés nature par M.M. Gavarni, H. Emy, Pauquet, Ferogio, R. Pelez, Loubon, P. Saint-Germain etc. Lithographiés par M. A. Coindre. Paris 1842; L. Culmer. Folio, pp. [34], plates 32. Bound in richly gilt of the period, gilt trim.
Characteristic yellowing of the paper in places, a few protective blotters missing, otherwise very good condition. A complete album containing images of the costumes of the inhabitants of various regions of France. Consists of a lithographed and hand-colored title page showing street placard spreads, sixteen pages with brief explanatory text in French, English, German and Italian, and 16 costume plates (each plate in two versions: black and white and hand-colored): Mâconaise (Bretagne); Jeune Fille de Plounéour-Trez (Bretange); La Mariée du Bourg de Batz; Arlésienne; Le Basque (Gascogne); Homme de Plounéour-Trez (Bretagne); Le Caraco; Pêcheuse de St. Valery (Somme); Jeune Fille de Fouesnant (Bretange); Pêcheurs d'Etretat; Home de Quimper (Bretagne); Marseillaise; Homme de Trouville (Normandie); Femme du Pays Basque; Jeune Fille du Grand-Ergué; Grisette de Montpellier (Languedoc). Captions to plates in French, English and German. Rare!
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