Thiers on wigs Histoire des perruques 1690
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ON WIGS. THIERS, JEAN-BAPTISTE. Histoire des perruques. Où l´on fait voir leur origine, leur usage, leur forme, l´abus & l´irregularité de celles des ecclesiastiques. Paris (aux dépens de l´auteur) 1690.
8:o. (24), 1-544, (2, last blank) pp. 3 small woodcuts on page 133.
Contemporary brown full calf, somewhat worn, cracks in the joints, richly gilt spine in six compartments, small damage at head, redspeckled edges. Old catalogue cut pasted on inside of upper cover. First edition.
Colas 2869.
The work, which opposes the wearing of wigs by the clergy, has been said to be the first comprehensive book on wigs.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
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