NÉRET (Gilles) — 1,000 Pieces of Lingerie: A History of Ling - Lot 200

NÉRET (Gilles) — 1,000 Pieces of Lingerie: A History of Lingerie NÉRET (Gilles). 1,000 Pieces of Lingerie: A History of Lingerie. Cologne, Taschen, [French edition]. Large 8vo, publisher’s illustrated cardboard binding, abundant photographic and documentary illustrations in black-and-white and color. ISBN 2-7434-4683-8. A comprehensive illustrated history of women’s lingerie by Gilles Néret: corsets, crinolines, stockings, garters, bras, girdles, and erotic lingerie, examined from the perspectives of costume history, popular imagery, and seduction. The book brings together a particularly extensive collection of images: antique engravings, advertisements, fashion photographs, erotic photographs, film stills, pin-ups, and documents from the 19th and 20th centuries. This edition is the comprehensive volume from which the abridged selection *Dessous* was later derived. The bibliographic entry for the latter indeed specifies that it is a selection of 1,000 items from *Dessous*. Condition: generally good; hardcover with some scuffing and minor signs of wear; interior clean.