RARE comprehensive and lavishly illustrated history of mirror designs from 17th to 20th centuries by Graham Child, formerly director and senior specialist at Sotheby`s. This edition is the French translation from English, originally published by Sotheby`s in 1990 under the title "World Mirrors 1650-1900". Contains over 800 color and b&w photographic illustrations of mirrors. 285x250mm. 400 pages. Grey/dark blue cloth Hardcover with illustrated dust-jacket laid in plain cardboard box. Gilt lettering on spine. Box age-stained. Box spine, spine edges and fore edge bumped/wrinkled. Jacket edges slightly wrinkled. Spine edges and front cover upper corner slightly bumped/wrinkled. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare French edition of a definitive work on European mirror design from Baroque to modern eras, written by the leading specialist in the field and profusely illustrated, is in very good condition.