MOLÉ (Guillaume). - Lot 30

MOLÉ (Guillaume). Histoire des modes françaises, ou Révolutions du costume en France, Depuis l'établissement de la Monarchie jusqu'à nos jours. Amsterdam, Paris: Costard, 1773. - In-12, 163 x 95: (1 f.), xxiv, 362 pp. misfigured 360, (1 f.). Brown paper bradel, top board of old binding rebound, bearing the name Le Touzé in gilt letters, smooth spine adorned with original rebound red title-piece, comb paper lining and endpapers also rebound, red edges (T. Boichot). Colas, no. 1449. - Lipperheide, no. 1674. - Vinet, n° 2239. First edition of this history of wigs and beards. The work, "containing all that concerns the head of the French, with research on the use of artificial hair among the Ancients", is in fact a history of wigs and beards, written in the tradition of Abbé Thiers' work. It is divided into 6 parts: Des Cheveux des français. - De la Barbe des Français. - Recherches sur les Chevelures artificielles des Anciens. - Histoire des Perruques. The last two parts contain the supporting documents and an important short Observation on the Abrégé Chronologique de l'Histoire de France, by M. Hénaut. A copy in modern binding, with elements of the original binding brought back, including the super-libris in the name of "Le Touzé" which was gilded on the first cover. The old counter-guard also features the stencilled bookplate of Claude Fachot (1754-1814), librarian in Nancy, as well as the heraldic bookplate of Octave Grandjean d'Alteville (1820-1861), a bibliophile from Lorraine who notably owned a rich collection of works on venery. Scattered brown spots. Provenance: Le Touzé, with super-libris. - Claude Fachot, with stencilled bookplate. - Octave Grandjean d'Alteville, with bookplate. The second edition of the same text is enclosed: - MOLÉ (Guillaume). Histoire des modes françaises, ou Révolutions du costume en France, Depuis l'établissement de la Monarchie jusqu'à nos jours. Amsterdam, Paris: Merigot jeune, 1777. - 2 parts in one volume in-12, 167 x 92 : (1 f.), xxiv, 205 pp., (2 ff.), pp. (207)-362 miscalculated 360. Blond calf, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, smooth spine decorated in the grotesque style, inner gilt roulette, red edges (period binding). This second edition is actually a reissue of the 1773 original, with two new titles, the second before page 207 where the supplement begins. Two epidermoles on the boards, restoration to a spine, small worm work at the foot, band of sunstain on the second board. The table leaf has been placed after leaf I7, at the end of the first part.