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(Neuwied, 1789). Format (image area): 27 x 22 cm. Sheet size approx. 28 x 24 cm (mounted on backing paper in older times).
Language: German
Order number: 149031
Remarks: *The sheet is trimmed on all sides, almost to the image, with the printed title lost in the lower edge. - An engraving from the series of 26 illustrations of Restif de la Bretonne's "Monument du costume physique et moral" in the 1789 edition. - The magnificent copperplates of this work are not costume panels as the title might suggest, they show richly decorated genre scenes from the life of elegant Parisian society. - 24 sheets of this copper series after Moreau appeared as early as 1777-1784 and then expanded again in 1789 to include 2 plates with the text by Restif de la Bretonne. It is considered one of the most important and valuable French illustration series of the 18th century. century at all.
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