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Frac à l’anglaise, avec Bavaroises.

Jeune élégant vêtu dun Frac à l’anglaise, avec Bavaroises, collet noire Bas à côté, coiffé d’un Chapeau à la jokes ou Jacquet.

Elegant young man dressed in an English Frac, with Bavarians, black collar Bottom side, wearing a Hat à la jokes .

1er Cahier de la Collection d’Habillements Modernes et Galants, avec les habillements des princes et seigneurs. Designed by Claude-Louis Desrais (French, 1746–1816), Engraved by Martial Deny (French, born in 1745), Publisher Paul-André Basset.

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