Britain.- Pyne (William Henry) The Costume of Great Britain, hand-coloured title vignette and 60 hand-coloured aquatints watermarked 'J. Whatman 1821' or '1822', faint off-setting, bound without half-title, contemporary straight grain morocco, rebacked retaining original backstrip, wide gilt and blind border, richly gilt spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Abbey Life 430], folio, 1804 [but c.1822].
⁂ This copy matches the edition in Abbey in that it has the 1804 title-page, but is on paper watermarked at a later date. In spite of this Abbey says, "The edition of 1808 usually has plain backgrounds; both impressions of the 1804 are more desirable in having coloured backgrounds."
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