Recueil de coëffures, 1785.

Accession number: 
PML 15523
Author: 
Desrais, Claude Louis, 1746-1816.
Published: 
[S.l. : s.n., 1785]
Description: 
1 v. : ill., plates
Notes: 

Collection of 13 small plates mounted, engraved and hand coloured, cut from a single leaf (signature pp. of 224 full leaves) of the "Gallerie des modes", etc., published at Paris by Esnauts & Rapilly, 1781 et seq. These plates are duplicates of those in Morgan collection, see vol. III. These plates and 3 others are to be found on 1 leaf in "Recueil de Planches sur le Costume France."

Binding: 
White silk with gold thread embroidery and spangles and white stones. On the inside of upper cover is a mirrour, now broken. In tan linen case by Miss Lahey, lettered Galerie des modes. Coiffures, 1785.
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