[COIFFURES]. - Lot 18

[COIFFURES]. [Coiffures du Directoire]. S.l., late 18th century. - In-8, 215 x 140: 8 engravings mounted on laid paper leaves. Bradel brown half-chagrin, fawn parts with gilt title throughout, gilt tail edge in place of head (modern binding). Collection of 8 late 18th-century headdresses engraved and colored at the time: Archipelago-style headdress, Athenian-style hair headdress, Asiatic turban with headband, hat topped with lace veil, child's headdress topped with flowers, embroidered tulle cornette, Pallas-style hat, satin hat turned up and edged in cigne. They probably come from a small almanac from the late 18th century. Each engraving, measuring 95 x 68 mm, has been mounted on two sheets of laid paper and framed with a double black ink fillet. A fine copy in modern binding.