- Lot 259

COSTUMES, CHARACTERS... Important lot of plates from different works. XVIIth - XIXth c. Various sizes and conditions (stamps, foxing, traces of handling). - 27 plates in black, 17th-18th c., including some Persian characters, taken from various works. Various sizes, various conditions. - 7 plates enhanced with watercolor: Montenegrins, peasants of Tyrol... Beginning of XIXth c. +/- 200 x 120 mm. Stamps. - O. HONEGGER after FUCHS - 29 lithographs in black : types or animals. XIXth c. 350 x 255 mm. Passim foxing, numerous traces of handling and soiling. - Asia. 36 lithographs of which only 2 in color from 19th c. works. Stamp and annotation in the lower margins, foxing. - Russia. 15 plates of costumes or animated scenes; all but 2, from the 19th c. 1 in black, 1 enhanced with watercolor, the others lithographed in color. Annotation in lower margin, stamp on reverse. - 65 lithographs in colors from 19th c. publications, including the work of Walhen. +/- 270 x 180 mm, stamp and annotation in the lower margins. - Mexicans. 6 lithographed plates in colors. 205 x 260 mm, stamps and foxing. - "Zur Geschichte der Kostüme, Münchener Bilderbogen": 24 plates. München, Braun & Schneider, late 19th-early 20th c. +/- 450 x 350 mm. Stamps, small marginal tears, middle fold. TOGETHER ABOUT 200 PLATES, VARIOUS CONDITIONS.