Pretty pictures. Racinet was the be-all-and-end-all at his time (19th C.), but everything is redrawn. (Better you should look at original art.) However it is fun to find the original art and then see how he changed it.
Monica -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Kay Shelton Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 8:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [h-cost] Costume- and sewing-related Christmas gifts I received The Complete Costume History by Auguste Racinet. Anyone know anything about it? How's the scholarship or shall I just look at the pretty pictures? It is a huge book. Kay _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
