Costumes of Switzerland Fashions c. 1880's album w/ 25 lovely hand color plates

(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Ethnic Views, Costume Prints, Switzerland, Men's Fashion, Women's Fashion).

Illustrated Costumes of Switzerland.
Published c. 1880's, Paris by C. Maurice. F. Sinnett, Editor, Galerie Colbert.
Accordion style binding. Text in French. 25 color lithographed plates, all with original hand color and heightened with gum arabic (to impart a sheen/ shine to the colors)

Institutional 1/4 cloth binding, paper covered boards, hand lettered institutional call number on spine. The internal leporello of plates is split into sections along the paper joints between the plates. All the plates have an old circular library name rubber stamp on the reverse.

Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition.

Binding gently age worn, mostly light or inoffensive signs of handling and time but nothing severe or unsightly, book remains overall attractive as an object.

Paper is gently toned, still clean, tight, sound internally.

Still attractive on the shelf. The book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present seem easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for more detail showing how this book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.

Book Measures c. 6 1/4" H x 4 1/4" W.

[B12472].