World.- [Costumes of Various Nations], 7 vol., comprising Mason (George Henry, Maj.) The Costume of China; [?Mason (George Henry, Maj.)] The Punishments of China; [Dalvimart (Octavien)] The Costume of Turkey; Costume (The) of the Russian Empire; De Moleville (Bertrand) The Costume of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria; Pyne (William Henry) The Costume of Great Britain; [Dalvimart (Octavien)] The Military Costume of Turkey, 356 hand-coloured stipple engraved and aquatint plates mostly by J. Dadley, including 2 engraved titles, text in French and English, Punishments of China with two French prefaces, small hole to plate 45 of Costume of China, plate 8 of Punishments of China expertly repaired, small tear to plate 18 lower margin of Costume of Turkey, short tear repaired to text f. of Costume of Great Britain, offsetting and some show-through, light water-staining to Costume of the Russian Empire, mostly to text, very occasionally affecting plates, very occasional faint scattered foxing, sometimes to plates, occasionally straying into image, heaviest to Costume of China, very slight occasional browning to text leaves, light surface and finger-soiling, Charles P. Grenfell bookplate to front pastedowns, uniform 19th-century binding of straight-grain navy morocco, stamped in gilt, spine ends bumped, a few repaired, rubbing and some wear to joints and extremities, g.e., small folio, William Miller, Thomas McLean, 1800-1818.

⁂ Each volume depicts a range of costumes and occupations across the respective nations. The costumes in Russia and Turkey go further by illustrating numerous indigenous peoples and their costumes including Yakuts, Samoyeds, Tunguskans, Shamans, and Naxos Islanders. Miller initially issued six volumes in the series; when McLean purchased the rights and stock of the series, he published his own, 'seventh', volume.