Details

Subject(s)

• Louis XIV King of France 1638-1715—Clothing—17th century [Browse]
• Courts and courtiers—Clothing—France—17th century [Browse]
• Clothing and dress—France—Paris—17th century [Browse]
• Costume—France—Paris—17th century [Browse]
• Women's clothing—France—17th century—Pictorial works [Browse]
• France—Courts and courtiers—Clothing—History—17th century [Browse]

Illustrator

• Saint-Jean, J. Dieu De, active 1695 [Browse]

Engraver

• Ertinger, Franz, 1640-approximately 1710 [Browse]
• Scotin, G. (Gérard), 1643-1715 [Browse]

Notes

• Plates signed by St. Jean, many undated, with others variously dated.
• Plates present not-from-life depictions of French nobility, the King, Queen, Dauphin, and men/women "of quality."
• Three double-fold plates depict women in varying states of undress preparing for bed or a bath; a fold-out plate shows a mounted "Louis Le Grand commanding his army in with Cambray in the background;
• GAX copy: Collection undated; last engraving in Princeton's volume is signed with the date 1696; engraved dates on other plates range from 1683 to 1696.
• GAX copy: A collection of 76 engravings, bound together here, showing French nobility, the King, Queen, Dauphin, and men/women "of quality" in various fashions, as well as a few depicting (well-attired) country-people; published variously between 1678 and 1695 by Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean, designer, publisher and print-seller.
• GAX copy: Plates are hand-numbered in ink, with some inconsistencies: unnumbered plate between "63" and "64, with last plate (#75 in this sequence) unnumbered and proceded by "74."

Binding note

Full mottled calf, gilt-paneled spine with floral design and red morocco spine label: Mode de France; marbled endpapers.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Spine title

• Mode de France

OCLC

1340426038

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