![[GRASSET DE SAINT-SAVEUR, Jacques (1757-1810)] and Pierre Sylvain MARECHAL. Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus. Paris: Pavard, 1788. 4 vols., 8° (220 x 154mm), half-titles, 4 hand-coloured engraved frontispieces and 254 hand-coloured plates only (of 301) by Ridé and Mixelle after Grasset de St.-Saveur and Desrais, partly printed on blue paper. (Lacks the 8-page 'discours preliminaire' and 4 leaves, one in each vol., listing the plates, a few plates and text leaves loose or detached, some browning of text, occasional marginal stains.) Contemporary French mottled calf, gilt-panelled spines with repeated sunburst (rubbed, some joints crudely repaired). Provenance: Madame Tavel née Bize (gift inscription).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/CSK/2011_CSK_02362_0307_000(grasset_de_saint-saveur_jacques_and_pierre_sylvain_marechal_costumes_c045031).jpg?w=1)
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[GRASSET DE SAINT-SAVEUR, Jacques (1757-1810)] and Pierre Sylvain MARECHAL. Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus. Paris: Pavard, 1788. 4 vols., 8° (220 x 154mm), half-titles, 4 hand-coloured engraved frontispieces and 254 hand-coloured plates only (of 301) by Ridé and Mixelle after Grasset de St.-Saveur and Desrais, partly printed on blue paper. (Lacks the 8-page 'discours preliminaire' and 4 leaves, one in each vol., listing the plates, a few plates and text leaves loose or detached, some browning of text, occasional marginal stains.) Contemporary French mottled calf, gilt-panelled spines with repeated sunburst (rubbed, some joints crudely repaired). Provenance: Madame Tavel née Bize (gift inscription).
FIRST EDITION, second issue, with hand-coloured plates in 'la manière noire'. An imperfect copy sold not subject to return. Atabey 518 (this copy; illustrated); Brunet III, 1410; Colas I, 1979; Lipperheide Ac10 (first issue); Vinet 2107; not in Blackmer. (4)
FIRST EDITION, second issue, with hand-coloured plates in 'la manière noire'. An imperfect copy sold not subject to return. Atabey 518 (this copy; illustrated); Brunet III, 1410; Colas I, 1979; Lipperheide Ac10 (first issue); Vinet 2107; not in Blackmer. (4)