Le costume historique. Cinq cents planches, trois cents en couleurs, or et argent, deux cents en camaieu.

Vol. 1 is mainly explanatory text with an "Introduction générale" by the author dated "Juin 1887." Vols. 2-6, each with half-title only, are mainly plates accompanied by descriptive text and were published in twenty "livraisons" 1877-1886.