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was a pioneer in fashion plate publication. Encompassing over 400 prints, this series was issued sporadically by the print merchants
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Culture of Clothing: Dress and Fashion in the Ancien Régime." Translated by Jean Birrell. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989, p. 476
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