2. Galerie Royale de Costumes: costumes espagnols. Paris: Aubert & Cie, [185?].
Torero Avant la Course, pl. 18

Lithograph in black ink, hand-colored with brush and watercolor, selectively heightened with gum arabic, on cream wove paper; printed by Janet-Lange, Paris.

Aubert & Cie was one of many nineteenth-century publishing firms utilizing lithography to provide the mass public with images of travel, fashions, and topical events. The Galerie Royale de Costumes series, published beginning in 1842, included over two hundred and fifty renderings of men and women in regional dress from numerous European countries including Italy, Spain, Sweden, Scotland, and Iceland. This volume of Spanish costume includes thirty hand-colored lithographic plates.

"Beauty and the Book: 19th and Early 20th Century Folios on the Decorative Arts," Case 3, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries, February 28-May 7, 2012