Histoire d'une Petite Robe de Lin, en vingt-deux Tableaux

Paris, 1830. Hardcover. Paper pastedown on boards. Cloth spine. . Very Good. Scarce -- only institutional copy evidenced on OCLC First Search at Morgan, and none found in commerce on date of writing this description. A truly charming picture book imparting the step-by-step process, and showing the complexities behind, creating the linen fabric for a dress. N.d., circa 1830. Oblong, 13.5 by 19 cm. 24 leaves. Frontis, title leaf, followed by 22 numbered plates. Print dresson only one side per leaf. Frontis facing title, and everything following entirely on rectos. Cillounting centerpieces on front and rear cover and frontis, there are a total of 25 hand-colored illustrations. The frontis and the plates each have a title above their illustrations, and below are captioned with four lines of verse. Condition: moderate soiling to the cover. Closed tears of spine fabric, top and bottom. Some occasional light stains to the leaves within, but essentially clean. (A little heavier, but not terrible, on the endpapers, which also have an inked ownership inscription.) Hinges reinforced.