Full-Color Sourcebook of French Fashion

Full-Color Sourcebook of French FashionThese superb color plates by Hippolyte Pauquet and his brother Polydore, reproduced directly from a rare and valuable nineteenth century publication, magnificently depict 500 years of French fashion. Starting with the flamboyant headgear and voluminous robes of fifteenth century royalty, the artfully rendered illustrations progress chronologically to the high waisted Empire styles of the Napoleonic era. Members of the nobility and upper classes are

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fils that enthralled Parisian audiences of the 1850s with a stirring portrayal of a beautiful courtesan redeemed by love

and introduced concepts that continue to play an important role in current political theory

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the tale abounds in Dickens' exuberant language and deft characterizations

and at times their humor becomes positively Rabelaisian" (Peter Bowdoin

The book is so entertaining

the Society of Illustrators remains dedicated to promoting the art of illustration

" He went on to say: "It is an exquisite book in appearance

especially the celebrated Guide for the Perplexed