Description:
Costume Plates, Five Hand-colored Etchings. [from] Jacques Charles Bar's Recueil de Tous les Costumes des Ordres Religieux et Militaires,
Paris: Chez l'Auteur, late 18th century.
Five small folio format prints, hand-colored, depicting: Soldat de Marine Turque; Chevalier de l'Ordre de l'Aile de St. Michel; Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal Militaire de St. Louis; Chevalier de l'Amarante; [and] Chevalier de l'Etoile en France; each matted and shrink-wrapped, 13 1/2 x 9 in. sight each. (5)
Estimate $300-500
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Paris, France, St. LouisJohn Dorfman
Director, Books & Manuscripts
508-970-3293
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