Le costume ou essai sur les habillements et les usages de plusieurs peuples de l'Antiquité, prouvé par les monuments.

Liège, J.F. Bassompierre, 1776

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Lot description

4to: xxxi-[1]-411-[1] pp.; 50 (of 51) pl. (pl. 45 missing, soiling f. A1, marg. damp stains in quires 2G-2L and 2P-2R, min. spotting and browning).

Mod. quarter calf, marbled paper on covers, gilt-titled spine with 5 raised bands (spine faded).

First ed. of this model book for artists by the famous painter and neoclassicist A. Lens (Antwerp 1739-1822). 50 ill. engr. by P. Martenasie.
Ref. Conlon 76:1191 (= NUC). - De Theux 649. - Colas 1828. - Lipperheide 105. - Vinet 1812. - Brunet III:980. - Dict. des peintres belges, p. 636.
Joined: Racinet, A. - Le costume historique [...]. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1888. 4to: 22 pl. of which 13 coloured. Sewn. (2 vol.)