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Medals of the Chamber of Deputies
Launay, Edmond. COSTUMES, INSIGNES, CARTES, MÉDAILLES DES DÉPUTÉS 1789–1898. Paris: Motteroz, 1899. 4to, later red cloth; spine lettered and decorated in gilt; marbled endpapers; original pictorial card covers bound in. (8), 257, (1) pages; 12 hand-tinted plates of costumes and 1 plate of insignia; numerous text illustrations of medals, cards, etc., many of them hand-tinted. Near fine. An excellent history of the costumes, insignia, identity cards and medals of the Chamber of Deputies of the French Legislative Assembly, based on the Chamber's own extensive collection. Rare. Suetens 539. Ex Richard E. Margolis Library.
Launay, Edmond. COSTUMES, INSIGNES, CARTES, MÉDAILLES DES DÉPUTÉS 1789–1898. Paris: Motteroz, 1899. 4to, later red cloth; spine lettered and decorated in gilt; marbled endpapers; original pictorial card covers bound in. (8), 257, (1) pages; 12 hand-tinted plates of costumes and 1 plate of insignia; numerous text illustrations of medals, cards, etc., many of them hand-tinted. Near fine. An excellent history of the costumes, insignia, identity cards and medals of the Chamber of Deputies of the French Legislative Assembly, based on the Chamber's own extensive collection. Rare. Suetens 539. Ex Richard E. Margolis Library.