About the cover illustration
The figure on the cover of Becoming Agile is "un Fauconnier" or a falconer, taken from a compendium of French dress customs published in Paris between 1835 and 1839. The four-volume collection is entitled Costumes Français depuis Clovis jusqu'a nos jours and consists of hand-colored engraved plates, many heightened with gilt.
The lithographs from this collection, like the other illustrations that appear on our covers, bring to life the richness and variety of dress customs of two centuries ago. Dress codes have changed since then and the diversity by region, so rich at the time, has faded away. It is now often hard to tell the inhabitant of one continent from another, not to mention a country or region. Perhaps, trying ...
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