Colas, I, 215 (mentions a printed table of contents); Lipperheide, Fe 7 (not mentining a table of contents); Vinet, 2279 (for a later edition dated 1834).<\/i><\/p>\n
First edition.<\/span><\/p>\n Very rare complete set of 120 lithographed plates It contains a fine copper engraved title page, illustrated with a decorative vignette in lithography, and 120 lithographed and coloured plates. This suite is of particular interest for the costumes of the region of Brittany, although also other regions are included. The plates show both men and women placed in a decorative setting. Colas indicates that most of the plates are by H. Charpentier, and that they of particular interest for the regional costumes of France (“la plupart de ces planches sont lithographi\u00e9es par H. Charpentier, elles sont tr\u00e8s int\u00e9ressantes pour les costumes r\u00e9gionaux et paysans de France”.<\/p>\n Pierre Henri Charpentier (1771-1854) started his career as a printer, editor and lithographer in the city of Nantes, supported by his son Henri Desir\u00e9 (1806-1883). Together they created an important number of lithographed albums from 1828 onward, date when the gifted printer received his printing diploma. Soon after he commissioned the painter and illustrator Fran\u00e7ois Hippolyte Delalaisse, called Lalaisse (1810-1884) to prepare a survey on the local costumes of Brittany, subsequently published under the title \u201cRecueil des costumes de la Bretagne & d\u2019autres contr\u00e9es de la France\u201d.<\/p>\n The magnificent work, published in instalments, was dedicated to the Duchesse de Berry. Colas mentions a table of contens, not present in this copy, like in others including the one held in the Lohia collection (copy bound in 2 volumes, each one with the upper cover of a printed wrapper serving as title).<\/p>\n “This set of plates is the earliest work devoted to the costume of Bretagne region, as well as being of the highest quality. A contemporary celebration of the huge regional diversity in costume still to be found in the France of the 1820s, with excellent lively work from the Nantes based firm of Charpentier” (S.P. Lohia Collection).<\/p>\n Some occasional stains or foxing, else a fine copy of this rare publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In-4 (357 x 267 mm) one engraved title page printed in black and white, 120 original lithographed plates, all in fine contemporary handcoloring, some heightend in gold. Contemporary green half-morocco, flat spine, gilt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":75611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[552],"product_tag":[1260,1450,1215],"class_list":{"0":"post-75632","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-travel","7":"product_tag-costumes-2","8":"product_tag-first-edition","9":"product_tag-regionalism","10":"pa_auteur-charpentier-henri-2","11":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":"Henri CHARPENTIER","chapeau":"Complete with engraved title page and 120 lithographed plates coloured by hand","adresse_bibliographique":"Nantes, Charpentier p\u00e8re, fils, & Cie, 1829-1831","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n