Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Douze Nouveaux Travestissements

Paris: Au Bureau du Journal les Modes Parisiennes, 1856. Softcover. Folio. Unpaginated. Original wrappers with gold lettering on cover. 12 stunning color steel-plate engravings by A. Portier. The plates show females with costumes worn in Paris in the 1850's. Each plate is protected by a tissue guard. The author Paul Gavarni (1804-1866), also known as Sulpice-Guillaume Chevalier Gavarni, was a French Realist engraver. Staining, creasing and abrasion to wrappers. Minor waterstaining to part of tope edge on 4 pages not affecting plates. Text in French. Wraps in good-, interior in very good condition. Rare. g. Item #15810

Price: $350.00

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