1871 EXQUISITE Lacroix Illustrated Middle Ages Costumes Knights Jesters Bizarre

1871 EXQUISITE Lacroix Illustrated Middle Ages Costumes Knights Jesters Bizarre

Paul Lacroix was a 19^th-century French author whose books covered a broad set of topics, including some controversial. Lacroix wrote about ballets, costumes, romance, masquerades, heraldry, religion in the military, and the history of prostitution. He also wrote a book, “Sciences and Letters of the Middle Ages,” which covers the studies of alchemy and the occult sciences, as well as an important chapter on heraldry. Engravings depict monsters, bizarre animals, dragons, deformed humans, torture scenes, scalping, maps, flags, and more!

This tome, ‘Moeurs, Usages et Costumes’, features 15 chromolithograph engravings depicting costumes and clothing from the Middle Ages including ornate knight armor for both men and horses, female dresses, court jesters, as well as in-text images of bizarre occurrences like catching giant fish and chess games.

Item number: #19874

Price: $499

LaCROIX, Paul

Moeurs, Usages et Costumes au Moyen Age et à l’époque de la Renaissance

Paris : Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1871. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [4], iv, 599, [1]
  • 15 chromolithograph engravings by Kellerhoven
  • Hundreds of woodcuts throughout
• Provenance: Handwritten – William Lanier Hunt
  • William Lanier Hunt (1906-1996) was a prominent Southern American horticulturist. His legacy is continued at the William Lanier Hunt Arboretum at UNC Chapel Hill, a natural area that was established as part of the North Carolina Botanical Garden that exists to protect natural areas and conserve woody plants of the southeastern United States.
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~11.25in X 8.25in (29cm x 21cm)

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