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IMPORTANT HISTORY OF JEWELRY VEVER, HENRI. La Bijouterie Française au XIXe Siècle (1800-1900). Hundreds of photographic plates and illustrations.

IMPORTANT HISTORY OF JEWELRY VEVER, HENRI. La Bijouterie Française au XIXe Siècle (1800-1900). Hundreds of photographic plates and illustrations. 3 volumes [complete]. 4to, rebound in 1/2 deep blue morocco, spines lettered in gilt, spines and tips rubbed; original pictorial wrappers bound in. Paris: H. Floury, 1906-08

  • Notes: one of 1000 numbered sets of the first edition. Vol. I: Consulat, Empire, Restauration, Louis-Philippe, 1800-1850, * Vol II: Second Empire, 1850-1870 * Vol III: Troisième Republique, 1870-1900. Vever's monumental work is considered to be the most complete and authoritative work on feminine ornamentation of the 19th Century. "One of the great books on the history of jewelry"--Sinkankas 6872.

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