(12 1/8" x 9 3/8") 24pp. 9 illustrations (9 hors text.)
General condition: Fine. Exterior: Sound. Interior: Clean.
Plates sewn into original paper wrappers, with the original paper dust jacket; the front cover with an original color illustration by Charles Martin; dust jacket foxed but covers in very nice condition, remarkably clean.

Following Poiret's catalogues illustrated by Iribe and Lepape, the designer Marcelle Demay commissioned noted fashion illustrator Charles Martin to document her 1912 hat collection. This charming album features four original pochoir-colored illustrations of hats by Martin and five photogravures of the actress Berthe Cerny wearing Demay's creations. In a short preface, Demay explains that her collection was designed with the concept of "the typical Parisian woman of 1912" in mind; as Berthe Cerny created the role of "La Parisienne" at the Comédie Française that year, she was the perfect model.

In very good condition, plates clean and colors fresh.