Cashmere: A French Passion, 1800-1880, 2013, 1st UK & US Edition, Fine

Levi-Strauss, Monique, and Massimo Listri (Photographer). Cashmere: A French Passion, 1800-1880 (London: Thames & Hudson, 2013).

English, First U.K. and First U.S. Edition, Fine, HC, 4to, 12" x 10," 320 pp., including illustrations, Glossary, Bibliography, and Index.

ISBN: 9780500517123

First U.K. Edition and First U.S. Edition. Fine multicolored pictorial fabric-covered boards with white lettering on front and spine. Fabric has a slight sheen to it. Covers have slight discoloration, else pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Pages pristine and intact. Replete with illustrations, 298 in total, 285 in color. Beautiful monograph about cashmere in France from 1800-1880. Contains printed photographs by Massimo Listri of shawls from the Etro Collection, and from the collection of the author (textile researcher, cashmere specialist, and widow to the renowned French anthropologist, Claude Lévi-Strauss).