Racinet The Complete Costume History published by Taschen
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Racinet The Complete Costume History revisits Auguste Racinet’s vast survey of dress and ornament, organizing richly colored plates across cultures, periods, and forms of attire with scholarly context that turns the book into a serious reference as well as a visual archive.
“What matters to me here is that its breadth lets costume be read as social history rather than as a sequence of decorative images. That is the kind of specificity I want from an illustrated library.”
-Mrs. Mayfair
Product Details
- Publisher: Taschen
- Contributors: Author: Françoise Tétart-Vittu
- ISBN: 9783836571289
- Binding: Hardcover
- Pages: 640
- Languages: English, French, German
- Dimensions: 9.84″ × 13.39″
- Weight: 8.91 lb
- Subject: Fashion
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Keep the book in a cool, dry, stable interior away from prolonged direct sunlight, radiators, vents, leaks, and high humidity. Because of its scale and weight, store it flat and fully supported when upright shelving would strain the binding; lift it with two hands rather than by the spine. Dust the cover and page edges gently with a clean, dry, soft cloth; never use household cleaners on the binding or pages.
Publisher / Heritage
Taschen was founded by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne in 1980 and remains an independent, family-run publisher. Its illustrated program spans art, architecture, design, photography, fashion, film, travel, lifestyle, and visual culture, with formats ranging from compact series to large-scale monographs, facsimiles, and collector editions. Across these books, reproduction, book design, and physical scale are treated as part of the editorial experience.
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