1880 Exquisite Lacroix RENAISSANCE & Baroque Institutions Illustrated Costumes

1880 Exquisite Lacroix RENAISSANCE & Baroque Institutions Illustrated Costumes

 

Paul Lacroix was a 19^th-century French author whose books covered a broad set of topics, including some controversial. Lacroix wrote about ballets, costumes, romance, masquerades, heraldry, religion in the military, and the history of prostitution. He also wrote a book, “Sciences and Letters of the Middle Ages,” which covers the studies of alchemy and the occult sciences, as well as an important chapter on heraldry. Engravings depict monsters, bizarre animals, dragons, deformed humans, torture scenes, scalping, maps, flags, and more!

 

This tome features 16 chromolithograph engravings as well as hundreds of woodcuts depicting life in France from 1500-1700. Illustrations portray hunting scenes, courtly dances, jesters, nobility, costumes, politics, and more!

 

Item number: #2555

Price: $499

 

LaCROIX, Paul

 

XVIIe SIECLE Institutions – usages – costumes France 1590 – 1700

 

Paris : Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1880.

 

Details:

• Collation complete with all pages: [viii], 580
  • 16 chromolithograph engravings
  • Hundreds of woodcuts throughout
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• Size: ~11in X 8in (28cm x 20cm)

 

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