Shop of children toys of the 17th century.

French shop of children toys of the 17th century.

Shop. Toy dealer. 17th century. Excerpt from a 1625 book, drawn by Jean-Pierre de Vermes.

Boutique. Marchande de Jouets. XVIIe siècle. Extrait d’un ouvrage de 1625, dessine par Jean-Pierre de Vermes.

Source: Paris à travers les siècles. Histoire nationale de Paris et des Parisiens depuis la fondation de Lutèce jusqu’à nos jours, par Henri Gourdon de Genouillac, 1879. Henri Gourdon, known as Gourdon de Genouillac (1826 – 1898) was a French historian, novelist and heraldist specialising in the French nobility and its coats of arms. He was scientific editor of the Journal des employés de Paris, the Journal héraldique, the Monde artiste (1862-1898) and the Passe-temps, a literary and anecdotal journal.

Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History by Richard Thompson Ford.

A “sharp and entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) exploration of fashion through the ages that asks what our clothing reveals about ourselves and our society.

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