SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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GREVIN, A.
Costumes de Fantaisie pour un Bal Travesti.

An interesting take on imaginative ladies' costume-ball outfits; these include a Javan tiger, Cinderella, a Fisherwoman, and a Moscovite...

Published
Paris: aux bureaux des Modes Parisiennes, de la Toilette de Paris, du Journal amusant et du Petit Journal pour rire, 1870.
References
Colas 1330; Lipperheide 3186
Plates
24
Binding/Size
M=4to
Value
0-5000
Published
Paris: aux bureaux des Modes Parisiennes, de la Toilette de Paris, du Journal amusant et du Petit Journal pour rire, 1870.
Ref
283

24 striking full-page, delicately hand-colored designs for costume-ball outfits worn by young women. Printed on fine wove paper with versos blank. Folio. Bound in publisher's gilt-stamped cloth. Binding lightly worn and faded contents FINE AND BRIGHT with the coloring very fresh. RARE. Coloured plates in order: 1. Gardeuse de Dindons. 2. Bergere d'Arcadie. 3. Pecheuse d'Ablettes frites. 4. Bouton d'Or. 5. Moscovite. 6. Tigre de Java. 7. Chevriere. 8. Braconnier. 9. Petites Princesse. 10. Pompiere. 11. Patrionet. 12. Fermiere. 13. Domino. 14. Reine de Sydon. 15. Petit Mousse. 16. Phrygienne. 17. Bete a bon Dieu. 18. Capitaine Fracasse. 19. Cendrillon. 20. Cocodes. 21. Gros-Major. 22. Forgeronne. 23. Retour de Suez. 24. Bouquetiere.