Seconde Suite d'Estampes, pour servir à l'Histoire des Modes et du Costume en France, dans le dix-huitième Siècle

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After Jean Michel Moreau, le jeune (1741-1814)
Seconde Suite d'Estampes, pour servir à l'Histoire des Modes et du Costume en France, dans le dix-huitième Siècle
engravings, 1776-77, six plates from the set of twelve, by P. A. Martini, I. Helman and H. Guttenberg, on heavy laid paper, the full sheets, generally in good condition; together with two plates from Têtes de différents Caractéres, six plates after J. B. Greuze, and a small collection of French 18th Century portraits and genre scenes
S. 590 x 435mm. (average) (13)

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Lot Essay

Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la Fin du Dex-huitième Siècle, with text by Nicolas-Edme Restif de la Bretonne, is one of the most notable publications in the history of 18th Century printmaking. It was published in three series, the first (1775) after designs by S. Freudenberg, and the following two after J.M. Moureau le jeune (1776-7, 1783). The illustrations depict events from the life of a fashionable young man and woman, and forms a pictorial record of the manner, style and social ambience of the era.

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