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GALARD, Gustave de.
S.E. Geraud.
Recueil des divers Costumes des Habitans de Bordeaux et des environs. Dessinés d'après nature par ... Galard, et précédés de notices rédigées par
"This collection is very rare complete" (Colas). The beautiful plates illustrate trades, in particular the Grisette, the milk merchant, the servant, the miller, the charcoal merchant, the baked apple seller, the poultry merchant, the clothing merchant, the chestnut merchant, the matches, and others. Colas 1153.
- Published
- Bordeaux: [1820]
- References
- Colas I, 1153 ("très rare complet"); Hiler p.349; Lipperheide Fe 1 (incomplete set) ; Rahir 435; Vinet 2281; Bobins II 523.
- Plates
- 32
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Bordeaux: [1820]
- Ref
- 1296
[Collection of the various costumes of the inhabitants of Bordeaux and the surrounding area. Drawn from nature by ... Galard] Small folio (14" x 10") Mounted on guards throughout. One sugar-paper upper wrapper mounted as a title, 32 hand-coloured engraved plates after Galard. 19th-century red morocco-backed marbled cloth-covered boards, covers blocked in blind, spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt in the second and third compartments, original upper and lower wrapper bound in, marbled endpapers. A fine complete set of this scarce work on the costume and people of the Bordeaux region. The top quality plates picture a mixture of characters and classes, from market traders to shepherds, barge owners, and firemen. Each plate is accompanied by explanatory text that includes notes about where the subjects came from, the history of their town or region, their jobs, their costume: there are two particularly intriguing plates of "Grisettes": the text to the first of these plates of a pretty young girl notes that as a type they are sincere and very hard-working, while also noting that a number of them live in a state that is "ni célibat, ni le marriage." This copy is particularly desirable for its excellent condition and because it includes examples of both issues of the wrappers, as outlined by Colas. Coloured plates in order: 1. Grisette. 2. Marchande de Lait. 3. Servante. 4. Layt. 5. Marchande d'Huitres. 6. Modiste. 7. Charbonnier. 8. Marchande de fraises. 9. Vendeuse de Pommes cuites. 10. Porte faix. 11. Artisane. 12. Jeunne fille de la Teste. 13. Bergere des Landes. 14. Berger des Landes. (front view) 15. Berger des Landes. (rear view) 16. Petit Resinier. 17. Patron de Barque. 18. Grisette. 19. Femme du peuple. 20. Femme de Blaye. 21. Jeunes filles de Cauderan. 22. Marchand de Volaille. 23. Femme de la Rocque. 24. Marchands d'habits. 25. Marchande de Chataignes. 26. Matelot. 27. Decroteur. 28. Marchande de Poulets. 29. Paysan du Medoc. 30. Marchande de Sable. 31. Marchande d'Allumettes. 32. Pompier de la ville.
