- Backstrip and corners rubbed/ sl. chafed.
= Part of the series La Francaise du siècle. Hiler p.869; Colas 2949; Lipperheide Fc 52.
Idem. L'Ombrelle, le Gant, le Manchon. Ibid., A. Quantin, 1883, (4),IV,138,(1)p., (col.) ills. and bookdec. by PAUL AVRIL, printed in gold and colours, contemp. gilt green hmor., orig. lithogr. wr. pres., t.e.g., sm. 4to.
- Backstrip and part of frontcover faded.
= Vicaire VII, p.923; Carteret IV, p.384; Hiler 869; Ray 288: "He intended them ["l'Ombrelle" and "l'Eventail"] as the beginning of a series of "books of the boudoir" which would eventually provide a comprehensive history of feminine adornment. (...) The result is an elegant pastiche of rococo bookmaking, exactly to the taste of the bibliophiles of his day."
AND 1 other by the same: a mediocre copy of l'Éventail (Paris, 1882, tinted ills., orig. (dam.) wr. Contents loose(ning)).