Archives and Special Collections: Miscellaneous Oversized Rare Books: The History of French Costume

Giafferri, Paul Louis de. L'histoire du costume feminin français. New York : A. Gerbel, [n.d.]. 10 Parts. 1: Les Modes du Moyen Age de l'an 1037 á l'an 1461; 2: Les Modes de la Renaissance de l'an 1461 á l'an 1574; 3: Les Modes de Henri III á Louis XIII de l'an 1574 á l'an 1643; 4: Les Modes sous Louis XIV 1643-1715; 5: Les Modes sous Louis XV 1715-1774; 6: Les Modes sous Louis XVI 1774-1789; 7: Les Modes sous la Révolution 1792-1799; 8: Les Modes du Premier Empire 1799-1815; 9: Les Modes de la Restauration 1815-1830; 10: Les Modes du Second Empire 1852 á 1870.

Giafferri, Paul Louis de. The History of French Masculine Costume. New York: Foreign Publications, [n.d.]. 10 Parts. 1: Gallo-Roman Togas and Tunics; 2: Monastic and Byzantine Attire in the Middle Ages; 3: Caps and Collars: Renaissance; 4: Doublets and Jerkins: Louis XIII and Louis XIV; 5: Refined Tastes of French Garments: Louis XV; 6: Masculine Ideal: Perukes and Dress Coats: Louis XVI; 7: Supreme Good Manners of the Revolutionary "Sans-culottes"; 8: Napoleonic Imperial Official Smartness; 9: Romantic Dandies and Beaux of the Restoration Period; 10: Appearance of the Second Empire Fops.

Right:
1) Holiday costumes : Middle Ages

Second row:
2) Festival garments : Middle Ages
3) Coats : Renaissance

Third row:
4) Robes : Renaissance
5) Elegance : Louis XIII - Louis XIV

Fourth row:
6) Robes : Louis XIV
7) Cloaks : Revolution