Costumes, or, A short sketch of the manners and customs of the principal foreign inhabitants of the globe , [ca. 1816]
- Title(s):
- Costumes, or, A short sketch of the manners and customs of the principal foreign inhabitants of the globe / with beautiful coloured engravings.
- Additional Title(s):
Costumes
Short sketch of the manners and customs of the principal foreign inhabitants of the globe- Published/Created:
- London : Published by R. Miller, 24, Old Fish Street Doctors Commons, [ca. 1816]
- Physical Description:
- [28] p. : . ill. ; 14 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsGT510 .C67 1816Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/8150460
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Engraved vignette on t.p.
13 plates of national costumes, all except 2 with text on verso. Illustrates Smugglers, Turkish Soldiers, Persians, Hungarians, Russians, Chinese Tartars, Native Americans, Spaniards, Turks, Algerines, Chinese, Highlanders, Fishermen.
Some of the plates also appear in: The panorama of the world, or, An enquiry into the manners, and customs, of the principal foreign inhabitants of the globe. London : R. Miller, ca. 1820.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in rebacked quarter morocco marbled boards. 12 p. of publisher's advertisements at end not included in pagination. Autograph: E. Smith. - Subject Terms:
- Costume -- Juvenile literature.Costume -- Pictorial works.Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1816.Manners and customs -- Juvenile literature.Miller, R. -- Publisher.Smith, E. -- Autograph.
- Form/Genre:
- Juvenile literature -- 1816.
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1816. - Export:
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