Estampes de Freude(n)berg pour le monument du costume.- Estampes de Moreau de Jeune pour le Monument du costume. Gravées par Dubounet. 2 vols. in 1.

With portrait of Freudenberger after Mind, engr. title, engr. illus. table of contents, and 12 engr. plates after Freudenberger; engr. portrait of Moreau after Cochin, engr. title, engr. illus. table of contents, and 24 engr. plates (2 suites) after Moreau le Jeune, all present in 2 states, with tissue-guards bearing short descriptions of the illustrations. XXIX, 224 pp.; XXIII, 104 pp., 3 leaves; engraved text throughout. 4to. Contemp. red morocco, with triple fillet around sides, spine richly gilt, double gilt fillet on outer edges, inner dentelles, edges gilt (by Chambolle-Duru). Paris, L. Conquet, 1881-83. No. 384 of 200 copies (291-490; épreuves terminés 4e état); and no. 111 of 70 copies (71-140; eaux-fortes avancées 2e état), of a total edition of 490 copies, with the ms. monogram of the publisher under both limitations. Sigmund Freudenberger (1745-1801) was a Swiss painter. studied as a portraitist and lived from 1765 to 1773 in Paris. He founded a private art school in Bern and was known as "Little Master" for his genre-like depictions of rural life. The plates of the "Suite d'Estampes pour servir à l'Histoire des Moeurs et Coutumes des François dans le 18e siècle" with the charming, often gallant scenes were re-engraved by Henri-Joseph Dubouchet, one of the leading engravers of his time. Jean-Michel Moreau (1741-1814) was a French draughtsman, illustrator and engraver. His best-known works were illustrations for this costume book, which was published for the first time in 1789. Conquet published this present re-issue using the finest available materials, creating a perfect sample of the bibliophile taste of the 1880s. With text by Restif de La Bretonne (1734-1806) and additional notes by John Grand-Caarteret and Philippe Burty. Although originally published in the late 18th century, this suite to illustrate the daily life of an aristocratic lady was one of the rarest, most expensive, and most sought-after costume works. "Parfaite reproduction, très rare et cotée, de ses planches célèbres, fort bien gravées; elles ont eu un très vif succès" (Carteret). - Nice copy attractively bound by Chambolle-Duru, the leading 19th century binding firm (signed). - Brivois 290-91 (listing the 24 Moreau plates); Vicaire VI, 1069-70; Carteret IV, 292; Colas 1128-29. ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (BEFORE 1900) ;