Spectacular set of the first three years of the famed Parisian journal for the "intellectually ambitious female elite" (Tim Ferrant), including a number of first appearances of short works by Balzac.

Advertisement brochure for the avant-garde designer at Dianne Benson's SoHo boutique, one of the first in New York to showcase Gaultier's designs.

A rare and early trade card from Louis Vuitton, the pale aqua checkerboard background of which alludes to Vuitton's iconic Damier pattern — which was developed just five years earlier to help combat (even then) numerous imitations and knock-offs.