Full-color sourcebook of French fashion : 15th to 19th centuries

 Content: List of plates: Fifteenth Century; Princess (reign of Charles VI), 1420 --
 Eude-Juvénal des Ursins (reign of Charles VI), 1420 --
 Women from the outskirts of Paris (reign of Charles VII), 1443 --
 Paris fashion (reign of Charles VII), 1450 --
 Chambermaid (reign of Charles VII), 1460 --
 Lady of Quality (reign of Charles VII), 1460 --
 Shepherdess (reign of Charles VIII), 1491 --
 Courtesan (reign of Charles VIII), 1491 --
 Baron and Baroness (reign of Charles VIII), 1493 --
 Doctor (reign of Charles VIII), 1493. List of plates: Sixteenth Century; Page (reign of Louis XII), 1500 --
 Anne de Bretagne (2nd wife of Louis XII), 1500 --
 Burgher (reign of Louis XII), 1510 --
 Henri d'Albert (grandfather of Henri IV), 1527 --
 Eléonore d'Autriche (2nd wife of Francois I), 1530 --
 Francois (eldest son of Francois I), 1534 --
 Gentleman (reign of Charles IX), 1572 --
 Lady at Court (reign of Charles IX), 1579 --
 Ladies at Court (reign of Henri III), 1580 --
 Lady at Court (reign of Henri III), 1580 --
 Anne [sic], Duke de Joyeuse (favorite of Henri III), 1581 --
 Street-porter (reign of Henri III), 1586 --
 Maidservant (reign of Henri III), 1586 --
 Gentleman (reign of Henri III), 1586 --
 Damsel (reign of Henri III), 1586 --
 Henri IV (King of France), 1595. List of plates: Seventeenth Century; Nobility of Lorraine (reign of Louis XIII), 1625 --
 Nobility of Lorraine (reign of Louis XIII), 1625 --
 French Attire (reign of Louis XIII), 1633 --
 Lord (reign of Louis XIII), 1633 --
 Town attire (reign of Louis XIII), 1633 --
 Gentleman (reign of Louis XIII), 1642 --
 Mlle de la Valliére)reign of Louis XIV), 1661 --
 Prince (reign of Louis XIV), 1670 --
 Milkmaid with headdress (reign of Louis XIV), 1680 --
 Lady of Quality (reign of Louis XIV), 1692 --
 Duchess of Orléans (reign of Louis XIV), 1692 --
 Fashionably-attired Knight (reign of Louis XIV), 1693 --
 Duchess (reign of Louis XIV), 1693 --
 Lady of Quality in a dressing gown (reign of Louis XIV), 1696. List of plates: Eighteenth Century; Fashionably-attired Knight (reign of Louis XIV), 1700 --
 Fashionably-attired Knight (reign of Louis XIV), 1706 --
 Dresses with Hoop Petticoats (reign of Louis XV), 1729 --
 Mlle Sallé (reign of Louis XV), 1730 --
 Marchioness (reign of Louis XV), 1740 --
 Paris fashion on a Lady of the Nobility (reign de Louis XV), 1740 --
 Marquis (reign of Louis XV), 1740 --
 Paris fashion (reign of Louis XV), 1740 --
 Court Attire (reign of Louis XV), 1745 --
 Mme Pompadour (reign of Louis XV), 1745 --
 Paris fashion (reign of Louis XV), 1763 --
 Mme du Barry (reign of Louis XV), 1770 --
 Paris fashion (reign of Louis XVI), 1777 --
 Paris fashion (reign of Louis XVI), 1777 --
 Duchess (reign of Louis XVI), 1783 --
 Paris fashion (reign of Louis XVI), 1787 --
 Marie-Antoinette (Queen of France), 1788 --
 Paris fashion (reign of Louis XVI), 1790 --
 Paris fashion (reign of Louis XVI-Revolution), 1792 --
 Paris fashion (reign of Louis XVI-Revolution), 1792 --
 Paris fashion (reign of Louis XVI-Revolution), 1792 --
 Paris fashion (National Convention), 1795 --
 Paris fashion (National Convention), 1795 --
 "The Folly of the Day" (Directory), 1798 --
 A Duellist (Directory), 1798 --
 Paris Fashion (Directory), 1798. List of plates: Nineteenth Century; Attire for a Fancy Dress Ball (Consulate), 1801 --
 Town Attire (Consulate), 1803 --
 Informal Attire (Empire), 1807 --
 Ladies of Paris (Empire), 1813 --
 Court Attire (reign of Louis XVIII), 1816 --
 Attire for a Fancy Dress Ball (reign of Louis XVIII), 1819 --
 Paris fashion (reign of Louis XVIII), 1820 --
 Paris fashion (reign of Charles X), 1828 --
 Ladies of Paris (Empire [Napoleon III]), 1864.
 Abstract:             These color plates by Hippolyte Pauquet and his brother Polydore, reproduced directly from a rare and valuable nineteenth-century publication, magnificently depict 500 years of French fashion. Starting with the flamboyant headgear and voluminous robes of fifteenth-century royalty, the artfully rendered illustrations progress chronologically to the high-waisted Empire styles of the Napoleonic era. Members of the nobility and upper classes are well represented here. Portraits of lavishly garbed court ladies and gentlemen--many in fur-trimmed robes--appear next to dapper pages and handsome knights. Bourgeois fashions (including lace-trimmed garments for both sexes) are presented as well, along with the more modest attire of chamber maids, milkmaids, and shepherdesses. Images of such historic figures as King Henri IV, Madame de Pompadour, Madame du Barry, and Marie Antoinette complete a splendid collection. A valuable reference for costume designers and fashion historians, this beautifully reproduced volume will also serve as a grand treat for fashion enthusiasts