24 numéros, 288 p. FIRST EDITION.. 23 planches coloriées à l’aquarelle, une planche double en noir. Page 287/288 arrachée à la fin du volume. 370 mm x 265 mm. Reliure aux plats cartonnés, dos cuir, fatiguée. Bi-monthly fashion magazine, published in Brussels, 1841-1902. New, fresh marbled boards, with title label in gilt to re-backed spine, flat bands in blind to spine, half leather. Half-title and title page. Numerous woodcut engravings are set within French text. Each plate is untitled, only giving the journal's address in Brussels and assorted addresses in Paris where fashionable items such as cosmetics, perfumes, and toiletries may be purchased. 23 delightfully coloured plates. A fantastic work, vividly displaying French fashions during the latter half of the 19th century. Coloured plates in order: 1. A pair of elegantly dressed ladies walk with a small girl in the woods. 2. A pair of ladies and a young girl in a well-furnished drawing-room. 3. A pair of ladies with a young girl on a suburban street curb. 4. A pair of formally attired ladies with a small girl looking at herself in a hand mirror. 5. A delightful collection of older and younger children in fancy dress costumes. 6. A pair of elegant ladies, with fans, beside a young girl in an attractive scarlet and white dress. 7. A pair of well-dressed ladies and a young girl standing outside a Parisien Patisserie. 8. Three ladies in earnest conversation. 9. A pair of ladies with a young girl, she is holding a small bucket and rake. 10. A pair of ladies walking along a country path with a small girl pushing a pram with her doll in it. 11. A lady in a distinguished green dress with her friend in a buff-colored dress and a young girl holding a small umbrella. 12. A bride in her wedding dress attended by a young lady in a pretty pink dress. 13. A pair of fashionable ladies at a racecourse. 14. A pair of well-dressed ladies with a young girl taking her dog for a walk. 15. A pair of ladies walk in the countryside with a young companion holding an umbrella. 16. A young girl gives a posy of flowers to a pair of well-dressed ladies. 17. A beautiful young bride in her wedding dress, with a close friend in attendance. 18. A striking plate of a young lady in a dazzling scarlet dress, another in blue beige and green dress standing beside a young girl with her bucket and spade at the seaside. 19. A pair of young ladies standing next to a young girl with a croquet mallet. 20. A pair of elegantly dressed ladies standing before a garden bench with a small girl holding a stick and a hoop in her hands. 21. A pair of ladies and a young girl ready to go off and play 'battledore and shuttlecock.' 22. A pair of well-dressed ladies in a garden beside a young girl holding a whip. 23. A bride in her wedding dress with a friend in a purple dress.