The XVIIIth century, its institutions, customs, and costumes : France, 1700-1789. Illustrated with 21 chromolithographs and 351 wood engravings, after Watteau, Vanloo, Rigaud, Boucher, Lancret, J. Vernet, Chardin, Jeaurat, Bouchardon, Saint-Aubin, Eisen, Gravelot, Moreau, Cochin, Wille, Debucourt, etc. ...
xvi, 489, [1] p., chromolitho. frontis., [20] chromolitho. pl., [31] wood-engr. pl. : 322 wood-engr. illus. ; 28 cm.
General Note
An English translation of Lacroix's XVIIIme siècle, institutions, usages et costumes : France 1700-178 (Paris, 1875), including a reprinting of the original plates and illustrations with captions in English.
Provenance
Presented by Mrs. Hetherington in 1926 (RA Annual Report for 1926, p. 47).
Binding Note
Publisher's red cloth, gilt-stamped rococo-style decoration and titling to upper cover and spine.