LA MÉSANGÈRE (Pierre de). Costumes des femmes de Hambourg, du Tyrol, de la Hollande, de la Suisse, de la Franconie, de l'Espagne, du royaume de Naples, etc. Paris : chez l'éditeur, 1827. - In-folio, 352 x 255: (2 ff.), 41 pp. miscalculated 37, 100 plates. Red half calf with corners, smooth spine decorated throughout with a floral garland, triple gilt fillet framing, gilt title at head (period binding). Important first edition, illustrated with 100 handsome costume plates, copper-engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine and hand-colored. Most were drawn by Louis-Marie Lanté and Horace Vernet. The text is one of the last contributions by the highly influential Pierre de La Mésangère (1761-1831), director of the Journal des Dames et des modes from 1799 to 1831. La Mésangère was the initiator of most of the costume publications for which Lanté and Gatine are renowned. From the library of Pierre Léandre de Mark-Tripoli (1770-1842), comte de Panisse- Passis. General and politician, he was General Councillor of Bouches-du-Rhône from 1823 to 1830 and Peer of France from 1827 to 1830. Some wear and tear. Scattered foxing, mainly on text leaves. Provenance: Pierre Léandre de Mark-Tripoli, with bookplate.