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Lot n° 86

LANTÉ (Louis-Marie) et alii.

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Costumes of the women of the Caux country, and of several other parts of the former province of Normandy. Paris, 1827. In folio, fawn Russian half leather with small corners, decorated spine, cold roulette, speckled edges (contemporary binding). Brother, I.T., p. 145. - Vinet, n°2277. Superb collection of Norman costumes, illustrated with a title-frontispiece and 105 plates engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine and coloured at the time, based on drawings by Louis-Marie Lanté and Benoît Pécheux.