Belle Époque Fashion Advertising Catalog - High Life Tailor - Lot 691

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Belle Époque Fashion Advertising Catalog - High Life Tailor - Lot 691
Belle Époque Fashion Advertising Catalog - High Life Tailor - "Then / Now" c. 1905 - Illustrated by L. Marchetti. A rare and superb art advertising catalog from the famous Parisian store High Life Tailor (12 rue Auber / 112 rue Richelieu), dating from the Belle Époque (circa 1905).This exceptional booklet is built around the contrasting theme “Then / Now,” magnificently depicted in paintings by the renowned illustrator Ludovico Marchetti. “Today” Cover: A splendid, lively scene of Paris’s Grands Boulevards in 1905 featuring a police officer, dandies in top hats, and elegant ladies in large hats (signed L. Marchetti in the lower right corner)."In the Past" Cover: A magnificent historical composition in the style of the Musketeers, featuring guards in armor in front of a period sign (signed L. Marchetti in the lower right corner).Inside Contents: A magnificent introductory text printed in gold lettering announcing the “second series of our Contemporary Celebrities” (caricatures by Job, Léandre, Marchetti, Moloch, and Sirat). It also contains a lovely two-color illustration titled “Magic Lantern.”
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