An Artist Recently Returned from The Continent [Peake, R. B.]

COSTUME CARACTERISTIQUE DE FRANCE [THE CHARACTERISTIC COSTUME OF FRANCE]

London: William Fearman, 1819. First Edition. Quarto, viii, [4], 37 pages, plus 19 illustrated plates including frontispiece. In Good plus condition. Full leather binding with gilt decorations, gilt roll on edges and along turn-in, spine paneled with gilt lettering on a red morocco label. Significant rubbing along all board edges and along spine. Very small areas of exposed board at the fore corners. Boards are moderately soiled, with some faint stains clustered in the middle of the front board. Some discoloration to red-dyed text block edges. Splitting at the front hinge. Some pencil notes on first free endpaper, with another light pencil note on the French language title page. Lightly foxed and age toned throughout. Shelved in Room A.

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Special Collections - Upstairs

Price: $1,000