The Costume of the Russian Empire
The Costume of the Russian Empire. Illustrated by Upwards of Seventy Richly Coloured Engravings.
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London**: Printed for E Harding. 1803 * *[37287] *1803 |
Description / Condition
FIRST EDITION. Folio. (35 x 26 cm). Unpaginated. Handsomely bound in contemporary full straight-grain red morocco with ruled and tooled gilt border, spine with raised bands, richly gilt in compartments, ochre silk endpapers with gilt borders, all edges gilt, inner dentelles gilt. *Engraved title and 72 hand coloured stipple engravings of Russian costumes, number 1 - 70 (with two plates numbered 5 and two numbered 20.) *Paper repair to head of engraved title where signature previously removed. A very good copy in most attractive binding.
The majority of the plates are after J. G Georgi’s 4 volume Description de toutes les nations de l’Empire de Russie published in German and French in St Petersburg by Carl Muller in 1776-1780. Georgi’s plates were also the basis of William Miller’s edition published the same year with 73 plates.
