Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Costumes, or, A short sketch of the manners and customs of the principal foreign inhabitants of the globe / with beautiful coloured engravings.
Alternate Title(s):
Costumes
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 Manuscripts
GT510 .C67 1816
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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 -- Pictorial works. | Costume -- Juvenile literature. | Manners and customs -- Juvenile literature. | Miller, R. -- Publisher. | Smith, E. -- Autograph. | Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1816.
Form/Genre:
Juvenile literature -- 1816. | Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1816.