[FASHION]. Composite set of 18th century fashion magazines. [Paris, 1786-1791]. - 27 quires in an in-8 volume, shagreened basane, gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (20th-century imitation binding). "Interesting collection of notebooks from the first two French fashion journals, published in the 18th century and founded by Jean-Antoine Le Brun. Includes the following titles and issues: CABINET DE MODES, Ou les Modes nouvelles décrits d'une manière claire & précise, & représentées par des Planches et Taille-douce, enluminées. Paris : Buisson, 1786. - First year. Quatorzième cahier. June 1, 1786, pp. (105)-112, with 3 plates, 2 in color. [MAGASIN DES MODES NOUVELLES, FRANÇAISES ET ANGLAISES. Paris: Buisson, 1786-1788. - Second year. Premier cahier. November 20, 1786. 8 pp. and 3 color plates. - Second year. Twelfth quire. March 10, 1787. (2 of 4 ff.) paginated 89-90 and 95-96. With 3 color plates. - Second year. Fourteenth quire. March 30, 1787, pp. (105)-112 and 3 plates, 2 in color. - Second year. Eighteenth quire. May 10, 1787, pp. (137)-144 and one black plate (incomplete). - Second year. Twenty-first quire. June 10, 1787, pp. (161)-168 and 3 color plates. - Second year. Twenty-fifth quire. July 20, 1787, pp. (193)-200 and a large fold-out plate. - Second year. Twenty-sixth quire. July 30, 1787, pp. (201)-208. Without plates. - Second year. Thirty-first quire. September 20, 1787, pp. (241)-248, with 3 color plates and enriched with the fold-out color plate for the second quire of the magazine's third year. - Third year. Fifth quire. December 30, 1787, pp. (33)-40, with a large fold-out color plate. - Third year. Sixth quire. January 10, 1788, pp. (41)-48, with a large folding plate in color. - Third year. Seventh quire. January 20, 1788, pp. (49)-56, and a large folding plate in color. - Third year. Twenty-third quire. June 30, 1788, pp. (179)-186 and one large folding plate in color (tears not missing). - Third year. Thirty-second quire. September 30, 1788, pp. (251)-258, and one large folding plate in color. - Third year. Thirty-third quire. October 10, 1788, pp. (259)-266 and a large folding plate in color. [Complement to this journal, under the title]: JOURNAL DE LA MODE ET DU GOUT, ou amusemens du salon et de la toilette. Paris : Buisson ; London, Joseph de Bosse, 1790-1791. - Tenth quire. May 25, 1790, 8 pp. and one folding color plate. - Thirteenth quire. June 25, 1790, 8 pp. Without plates. - Nineteenth quire. August 25, 1790, 8 pp. and one folding color plate. - Twenty-fourth quire. October 15, 1790, 8 pp. and one folding color plate. - Twenty-fifth quire. October 25, 1790, 8 pp. and one folding color plate. - Thirty-first quire. December 25, 1790, 8 pp. and one color fold-out plate. - Thirty-second quire, January 5, 1791, 8 pp. and one folding color plate. - Thirty-fourth quire. January 25, 1791, 8 pp. and one color fold-out plate. - Second year. Second quire. March 5, 1791, 8 pp. and one folding color plate. - Second year. Twenty-third quire. October 5, 1791, 8 pp. and one folding plate in color. - Second year. Twenty-eighth quire. November 25, 1791, 8 pp. and one folding plate in color. - Second year. Twenty-ninth quire. December 5, 1791, 8 pp. and one folding color plate. In all, this collection contains 27 quires from two different magazines, with a total of 38 plates, 35 in color and 3 in black. Some plates are missing, notably all the engraved music plates. Hinges restored but a little cracked, edges of second cover faded. Scattered foxing.