Cesare Vecellio

Paris: Typographie de Firmin Didot frères fils & cie, 1860, 2 vols. In-8° (230x155 mm). 9 p., 234 c., 18 p.; c. 235-513, 19p. Ligatures in mz. leather with corners, gilt titles on spine. Golden top cuts. Minor flaws, foxing. 513 numbered plates all engraved on wood, with facing texts in Italian and French, framed in an elaborate frame. Important work, illustrated by drawings by the painter Cesare Vecellio (cousin of Titian) which illustrates and describes the costumes and clothes of all the peoples of the world (2)

To retire to in an apartment in the historic center of Florence, in the Ponte Vecchio area. Disassembly and handling at buyer's care and expense. Bibliography: Graesse,6.2, 267: “Cette nouvelle édition reproduit exactement tous les costumes (518) figurés dans les trois premières, mais cette fois dessinés plus correctement par M. Seguin et gravés sur bois par M. Huyot et autres. L'éxcellent traité sur la gravure en bois se vend séparatément”.