Die Mode 1818–1842

Fischel, Oskar (ed.); Text by Max von Boehn. Die Mode: Menschen und Moden im neunzehnten Jahrhundert nach Bildern und Kupfern der Zeit. 1818–1842. [Fashion: People and Styles of the Nineteenth Century, Illustrated from Contemporary Prints and Engravings. 1818–1842] München: Verlaganstalt F. Bruckmann A.G., 1907. 20 × 13 cm. 160, [2] pp. With numerous black-and-white illustrations in the text and numerous color plates reproducing period fashion engravings (La Mode, Paris; Wiener Zeitschrift, etc.). Strong contemporary blue cloth binding with gilt-stamped spine label (rubbing and light wear to extremities). Internally clean, plates vivid and well preserved. An attractive early 20th-century survey of 19th-century fashion, selected by Dr. Oskar Fischel, with text by cultural historian Max von Boehn. The book reproduces a wide range of fashion plates and engravings from 1818–1842, illustrating the development of European styles during the Biedermeier and early Romantic eras. Inv. G3