1788 COSTUMES Dress Illustrated Clothing Crimea
Malta Bulgaria Greece Corfu
First published in 1784, Sylvain Marechal’s ‘Civil Costumes’ was an
impressive and important work on the cultures of people groups from all over
the world. Includes 87 full-page, hand-colored engravings depicting clothing
and costumes from Western cultures, African and Native American tribes, Pacific
Islanders, and from all over the rest of the known world. These incredible
illustrations were engraved by Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.
This volume from
the 1788 edition covers the clothing, cultures, and religion of the inhabitants
of Tartary, Crimea, Greek Island of Corfu, Malta, and Bulgaria. The
illustrations depict both men in women in formal dress including the upper
bourgeoisie.
Item number: #8603
Price: $950
MARECHAL, Sylvain
Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus
dessinés d'après nature gravés et coloriés accompagnés d'une notice
historique sur leurs coutumes, moeurs, religions... rédigés par M. Sylvain
Maréchal
A Paris, Chez Pavard, Editeur,
rue St. Jacques, N p0 s 240. Et se trouve Chez Knapen & Fils,
Imprimeurs-Libraires, au bas du Pont St. Michel. Chez Bailly, Libraire, rue St.
Honoré, Barriere des Sergens. Chez Gastey, Libraire, au Palai-Royal, et chez
tous les Libraires de l'Europe. M.
DCC. LXXXVIII. [1788].
Details:
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Collation: Complete with all pages;
volume II
o 87 hand-colored engraved plates throughout
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Language: French
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
o Visible repair at back inner hinge
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Size: ~8.5in
X 6.5in (22cm x 16.5cm)
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