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World.- [Costumes of the Various Countries], 7 vol., comprising: Mason (George Henry, Maj.) The Costume of China, 60 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates, 1800 [but later]; [?Mason (George Henry, Maj.)] The Punishments of China, 22 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates, 2 cropped just within image, 1801 [but later]; [Dalvimart (Octavien)] The Costume of Turkey, hand-coloured stipple-engraved title vignette and 59 plates only (of 60, lacking plate 49), 1802 [but later]; Costume (The) of the Russian Empire, 73 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates, 1803 [but later]; De Moleville (Bertrand) The Costume of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria, 50 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 1804 [but later]; Pyne (William Henry) The Costume of Great Britain, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint title vignette and 60 plates, frontispiece working loose, 1808 [but later]; [Dalvimart (Octavien)] The Military Costume of Turkey, half-title, hand-coloured engraved portrait frontispiece, hand-coloured aquatint additional vignette title and 29 plates, T. M'Lean, 1818, several with text in French and English, offsetting, very occasional spotting, occasional soiling or light staining, some very slight browning to text leaves, ex-library copies with bookplate, small ink-stamp to titles, attractively bound in uniform maroon straight-grain morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, small library label to foot of spines, rubbing and some wear to joints and extremities, g.e., all but the last for William Miller, folio.

*** An attractive series of costume books. All but the last with watermarks dating them later than the printed title.

Description

World.- [Costumes of the Various Countries], 7 vol., comprising: Mason (George Henry, Maj.) The Costume of China, 60 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates, 1800 [but later]; [?Mason (George Henry, Maj.)] The Punishments of China, 22 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates, 2 cropped just within image, 1801 [but later]; [Dalvimart (Octavien)] The Costume of Turkey, hand-coloured stipple-engraved title vignette and 59 plates only (of 60, lacking plate 49), 1802 [but later]; Costume (The) of the Russian Empire, 73 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates, 1803 [but later]; De Moleville (Bertrand) The Costume of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria, 50 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 1804 [but later]; Pyne (William Henry) The Costume of Great Britain, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint title vignette and 60 plates, frontispiece working loose, 1808 [but later]; [Dalvimart (Octavien)] The Military Costume of Turkey, half-title, hand-coloured engraved portrait frontispiece, hand-coloured aquatint additional vignette title and 29 plates, T. M'Lean, 1818, several with text in French and English, offsetting, very occasional spotting, occasional soiling or light staining, some very slight browning to text leaves, ex-library copies with bookplate, small ink-stamp to titles, attractively bound in uniform maroon straight-grain morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, small library label to foot of spines, rubbing and some wear to joints and extremities, g.e., all but the last for William Miller, folio.

*** An attractive series of costume books. All but the last with watermarks dating them later than the printed title.

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