The XVIIIth century : its institutions, customs, and costumes. France, 1700-1789 / by Paul Lacroix (bibliophile Jacob) ; illustrated with three hundred and fifty-one engravings on wood
London : Bickers & Son, [ca. 1875], 1875. First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Minor, scattered foxing to introductory and end pages. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 489 pages; Physical desc.: xvi, 489 p. : illus. engravings, frontis., 31 plates ; 28 cm. Subject: Manners and customs - France. Social life and customs - France - 18th century. Spine title: The eighteenth century: France, 1700-1789 by Paul Lacroix. Translation of: XVIIIme siecle: institutions, usages et costumes, France 1700-1789. Item #179262
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