HENRI BOUTET (1851-1919) LES MODES FÉMININES DU 19ÈME SIÈCLE, 1801-1900 [19TH CENTURY WOMEN'S FASHION, 1801-1900] One hundred illuminated brush drawings, with a preface by M. Jules Claretie of the Académie Française. Paris, Ernest Flammarion Éditeur [circa 1900]
Lotto 742
Venduto
1 folio volume in hardback cover closed with two ribbons.
2 inside flaps damaged and one missing, cover a little dusty. Good condition however.
23,6 x 17 cm
1st edition, complete with 100 plates of costumes from 1801 to 1900, showing the evolution of women's fashion, particularly Parisian women.
Plates 22.8 x 16.9 cm illustration 15.3 x 9.7 cm
Included:
An original pencil drawing for the year 1813 signed by Henri Boutet ['HB'] lower left, with some autograph notes for printing, dated 5 September 1899.
Drawing 19.3 x 10.7 cm - Cardboard 23.2 x 15.5 cm
Henri Boutet - French draughtsman and engraver, nicknamed the 'little master of the corset' or the 'painter of the midinette'.
Arsène Arnaud Clarétie, known as Jules Claretie or Jules Clarétie (1840-1913) - French novelist and playwright, as well as drama critic, historian and chronicler of Parisian life.

![HENRI BOUTET (1851-1919)
LES MODES FÉMININES DU 19ÈME SIÈCLE, 1801-1900 [19TH CENTURY WOMEN'S FASHION, 1801-1900]
One hundred illuminated brush drawings, with a preface by M. Jules Claretie of the Académie Française.
Paris, Ernest Flammarion Éditeur [circa 1900]](https://cdn.hermitagefineart.net/objects/cc/71/05/cc71053b6ec6_w64.jpg)
![HENRI BOUTET (1851-1919)
LES MODES FÉMININES DU 19ÈME SIÈCLE, 1801-1900 [19TH CENTURY WOMEN'S FASHION, 1801-1900]
One hundred illuminated brush drawings, with a preface by M. Jules Claretie of the Académie Française.
Paris, Ernest Flammarion Éditeur [circa 1900]](https://cdn.hermitagefineart.net/objects/d7/dc/67/d7dc67239477_w64.jpg)
![HENRI BOUTET (1851-1919)
LES MODES FÉMININES DU 19ÈME SIÈCLE, 1801-1900 [19TH CENTURY WOMEN'S FASHION, 1801-1900]
One hundred illuminated brush drawings, with a preface by M. Jules Claretie of the Académie Française.
Paris, Ernest Flammarion Éditeur [circa 1900]](https://cdn.hermitagefineart.net/objects/c2/7b/5a/c27b5a54e43a_w64.jpg)
![HENRI BOUTET (1851-1919)
LES MODES FÉMININES DU 19ÈME SIÈCLE, 1801-1900 [19TH CENTURY WOMEN'S FASHION, 1801-1900]
One hundred illuminated brush drawings, with a preface by M. Jules Claretie of the Académie Française.
Paris, Ernest Flammarion Éditeur [circa 1900]](https://cdn.hermitagefineart.net/objects/c5/13/04/c51304ba1cdc_w64.jpg)
![HENRI BOUTET (1851-1919)
LES MODES FÉMININES DU 19ÈME SIÈCLE, 1801-1900 [19TH CENTURY WOMEN'S FASHION, 1801-1900]
One hundred illuminated brush drawings, with a preface by M. Jules Claretie of the Académie Française.
Paris, Ernest Flammarion Éditeur [circa 1900]](https://cdn.hermitagefineart.net/objects/03/77/5c/03775c5db89b_w64.jpg)