ALEXANDRE (Arsène). Les Reines de l'aiguille, modistes et couturières. Étude parisienne. Paris, Belin, 1902. In-8, chocolate-brown morocco, mosaic-covered boards with mauve, lilac, pistachio and water blue flowers enhanced and decorated with the figures of a thimble and five gilt needles, spines decorated with three mosaic-covered fleurons and bordered with a double gilt fillet, blue morocco-lined counterpanes framed with multiple gilt fillets, colourfully patterned satin endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine, slipcase (Pagnant). Illustrated with a frontispiece and 4 plates as well as numerous head and foot vignettes, all designed and engraved by François Courboin. One of 100 first copies on japon impérial, including each illustration in 3 states, the definitive state and 2 states with remarks. A fine copy in an elegant original binding by Pagnant.