Gavarni ; Méry. - Lot 149

Lot n° 149
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Gavarni ; Méry. - Lot 149
Gavarni ; Méry. # Beads and ornaments. T1. Jewels. Ladies' mineralogy by Count Foelix. T2. The ornaments. History of fashion by Count Foelix. Ill. by Gavarni. Paris ; Leipzig, G. de Gonet, Martinon, Madame Veuve Janet ; Charles Trietmeyer. S.D. (1851). 316pp. ; 300pp. Large in-8. Publisher's midnight blue percaline boards with historiated spine and boards. Gilt edges. One of the copies with the plates colored at the time and printed on Vellum paper, with the margins cut in lace and mounted on pink paper. According to Carteret (III, p. 461): "The meeting of the two works with the lace margin engravings is quite rare to encounter." First edition including 31 copperplate engravings by Geoffroy after Gavarni showing women in situation with their finery. The set of these engravings forms a true and admirable suite of fashion illustrations. Delightful cartonnieres with a sumptuous decoration. Gleaming golds. Ex-Libris of Pierre Desmottes and Verdon.
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