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Eight magnificent and very rare suites of eighteenth-century, uniformly coloured costumes plates: the Ottoman Empire - Germany (Nürnberg, Strassbourg) - Switserland (Zürich) - World (incl. American Indians) - French army View picture(s) 1 (COSTUMES). Eight suites with 180 engraved coloured costume plates. Augsburg, Jean André Pfeffel (1), Jeremias Wolff (2-6) & Paris, F. Chereau (7) and Le Rouge (8), ca. 1720-1750. 8 suites. Folio. Contemporary half calf with red morocco title label lettered in gold: "Costumes en Couleurs", red painted edges. Two engraved titles, one engraved dedication leaf, and 180 costume plates, all uniformly coloured by hand and most of them heightened with gold (ca. 1750), many within yellow painted frame. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  America, Middle  America, South  Costumes  France  Germany  Militaria  Ottoman Empire  Print Series  Switzerland  Turkey  The price of this book is only available on request, it cannot be ordered online. Please contact us for more information. E-mail a Friend

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Woodcut book of costume View picture(s) 2 ABRIDGEMENT, AN-, of geography. Adorned with cuts representing the dress of each country. For the juvenile; or, child's library. London, John Marshall, (1800). 12mo. Original boards. With engraved frontispiece, dated 1800, 4 woodcuts with the allegorical figures of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, and charming medallion woodcuts of costumes of the various peoples of the four continents, 19, 10, 6, and 16 respectively. 68 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Costumes  English  Travel  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Copy of the famous theosophist Annie Besant View picture(s) 3 ALBUM de costumes des Pays-Bas. Amsterdam, A. Jager, (ca. 1880). Small 8vo. Red and gilt decorated green cloth. With 12 original photographs of costumes from different Dutch regions, (partly) coloured by hand. Full description >> Related Subjects: Costumes  Dutch  Photography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Interlarded with unexpected details and anecdotes View picture(s) 4 BILLETS in the Low Countries, 1814 to 1817. In a series of letters. Embellished with coloured plates. London, W. Shackell for J.J. Stockdale, 1818. 8vo. Modern half purple morocco with gilt title on spine, marbled endpapers, uncut. Engraved frontispiece of a 'Dutch peasant' and 3 engraved plates showing resp. a 'Flying bridge' or chain ferry, a 'Shrimp cathcher' and a curious 'Pulpit in the Netherlands', all 4 plates after the original drawings by the author and all handcoloured. (2) 228 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Costumes  English  Fishing  Low Countries  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare collection of Swiss costumes View picture(s) 5 COLLECTION des costumes de la Suisse et de ses pays limitrophes. Zürich, Keller et Fussli, (c. 1810-1830). (105 x 90 mm). Green wrappers with small stamp: "F.S. Fussli successeur de Keller & Fussli a Zurich" in light blue slipcase, gilt edges. Title within coloured flower garland and 24 charming aquatint illustrations of Swiss costumes, all very beautifully coloured by hand. 25 loose lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Costumes  Switzerland  Watercolours  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The army of a proud new country View picture(s) 6 COLLECTION DES COSTUMES de l'Armée Belge, en 1832  et 1833, dédiée au Roi, par Dero-Becker. Bruxelles, Dero-Becker, (1833). Oblong large folio. Contemporary cloth, gilt, with large gilt royal coat-of-arms  on front cover. With introductionary lithographed aquatint plate showing the King in uniform on horse-back with officers on horseback present in the background, and 22 beautiful lithographed aquatint plates with Belgian military costumes, by Dero-Becker after Madou, all plates signed by both lithographer and designer, all handcoloured. (26) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Belgicana  Costumes  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Charming coloured photographs of Dutch costumes View picture(s) 7 COSTUMES DE LA HOLLANDE. (Ca. 1890). 8vo. Original red cloth with printed title. 12 photographs, all partly handcoloured. Full description >> Related Subjects: Costumes  Netherlands  Photography  Zeeland  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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36 beautifully coloured religious costumes View picture(s) 8 COSTUMI degli ordini religiosi. Chiostro della certosa alle terme diocleziane. Rome, 1848. Sm.8vo. Contemp. boards. With 36 engr. plates by A. Bertini after F. Mochetti folded in leporello. Coloured by hand. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Costumes  Italy  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Flipping through the world of magic View picture(s) 9 FLIPBOOK. (AMBIGU MAGIQUE). Six series of 28 engraved figures. (No place, no publ., ca. 1776). 8vo. Contemporary green wrappers, with title label on spine with the text: 'Ambigu Magique'; preserved in slipcase. Six series of 28 different engraved figures, all coloured by hand: 168 plates in total. 2 lvs. with calendar mounted on the back of the front, resp. back cover, 1 somewhat smaller leaf (preface) and 96 unnumbered lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Children's Books  Costumes  Magic & Conjuring  Militaria  Playing Cards  Professions  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Extremely rare German children's book on the various peoples of the world View picture(s) 10 GALLERIE, Kleine Völker -, für Kinder in unterhaltenden Erzählungen von den Sitten, Meinungen, Gebräuchen und Kleidungen fremder Nationen. Cologne, Vom Verfasser der unterhaltenden Erzählungen für das erste Kindesalter, 1811. Small 12mo. Later half red morocco, gilt spine. With 24 engraved illustrations, all coloured in a contemporary hand. Each engraving (ca. 70 x 30 mm) is mounted on a leaf of laid paper. 170 (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Africa  America, North  Asia  Australia & New Zealand  Caribbean  Cartography  Children's Books  China  Coloured Plate Books  Costumes  Europe  Geography  Indonesia  Siberia  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Basic knowledge of the world and its inhabitants View picture(s) 11 GEOGRAPHIE VIVANTE, ou tableaux raisonnés et comparatifs des principaux habitans du globe, avec leur costume; des animaux divers qui s' y trouvent, et une exacte description de leurs moeurs, de leurs usages et habitudes. Paris, Alexis Eymery, 1823. Oblong 8vo. Contemporary boards covered with green paper with printed title with imprint (Paris A. Eymery, 1821), decorative border and title printed on spine. With an engraved frontispiece, engraved illustration on half-title and printer's device on title,  30 engraved plates with 2 charming illustrations each. (2), II, 194, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Africa  America, North  Asia  Australia & New Zealand  Caribbean  Cartography  Children's Books  China  Coloured Plate Books  Costumes  Europe  Geography  Indonesia  Siberia  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Dutch fashion View picture(s) 12 KLEEDERDRAGTEN en typen der bewoners van Nederland. Amsterdam, P.G. van Lom, (ca. 1850). Small 8vo. Yellow boards with printed title on frontcover. With 16 coloured lithographs in the form of a leporello. Full description >> Related Subjects: Coloured Plate Books  Costumes  Lithographs  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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All the costumes of the Dutch army in the 18th century View picture(s) 13 KLEEDING EN WAPENRUSTING van vrijwillige jagerkorpsen, schutterijen, en der zee en landmagt. (Utrecht, (J.P.) Houtman, ca. 1830). 8vo. Orig. green board portfolio, in matching slipcase with orange lithographed oval title-label on frontcover. 157 lithographed plates of Dutch military uniforms, all handcoloured, and 3 extra duplicates. 157 lvs., and (3 lvs. extra), loose in cardboard box Full description >> Related Subjects: Costumes  Militaria  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Extremely rare drawing models View picture(s) 14 L'ART DE BIEN DESSINER À LA PLUME. Nouvellement mis au jour pour lutilité de la jeunesse.- Diverses figures Turcs propre à dessiner à la plume.- Second livre de figures Turcs propre à dessiner à la plume.- Diverses figures de caprice propre à dessigner à la plume. N. pl., n. pr., (early 18th century). 4 parts in one vol. Oblong 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and gilt, with red morocco title label, blind-tooled fillets on sides, gilt binding edges, red sprinkled edges. With engraved title and 11 engraved plates (62 x 89 mm) in part 1, engraved title and 11 engraved plates (89 x 106 mm) in part 2, engraved title and 11 engraved plates (89 x 106 mm) in part 3 and engraved title and 11 engraved plates (66 x 89 mm) in part 4), depicting different costumes, professions, and scenes from daily life. Together 4 engraved titles and 44 plates on 48 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Costumes  Engravings  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Around the world in 425 costumes View picture(s) 15 MUSÉE COSMOPOLITE. (Series of engraved plates depicting the costumes of the world). Paris, Ancienne maison Aubert, 1850-1863. 3 vols. Large 4to. Contemporary half red morocco, spines richly gilt, top edges gilt, uncut (DEWATINES). With 425 beautifully watercoloured steel-engraved plates, depicting costumes from, France, Algiers, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, Greece, America, Germany, Switzerland, Tirol, Italy, Spain and Portugal. 144; 148; 133 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Costumes  Engravings  French  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Early 19th century Paris fashion for ladies and gents View picture(s) 16 PARIS COSTUMES PLATES, taken from: Costumes Parisiens, Journal des dames et des modes; Modes de Paris, Petit courrier des dames; Paris Élégant, Journal de Modes; Journal des Demoiselles. Paris, London, 1836-1845. Large 8vo. Contemp. half red morocco, spine gilt. With 156 steel-engraved plates, nicely coloured by hand. 156 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Costumes  France  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Swiss circa 1900 View picture(s) 17 RAETISCHE TRACHTENBILDER. Herausgegeben vom Organisationscomité der Calvenfeier. Zürich, Polygr. Institut, (ca. 1900). Orig. gilt cloth. With 12 handcoloured photographs of Swiss costumes. Full description >> Related Subjects: Costumes  Crafts  Switzerland  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Costumes of Naples, Venice, Turkey and Greece in a 19th century almanach View picture(s) 18 VAN ZWAAMENS EN THOMPSON'S ALMANAK Op 't Jaar onzes Heeren Jesu Christus 1825. Voorzien met de  jaarmarkten, kermissen, paarde- beeste- en leermarkten, 't openen en sluiten der poorten en bomen, en de maans op- en ondergang. Rotterdam, J.J. Thompson, (1825). 12mo. Contemporary overlapping vellum, title in ms. on spine. Title in red & black, with woodcut vignette, calendar printed in red and black. (40) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Almanacs & Calendars  Costumes  Netherlands  Turkey  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Costumes from all over the world View picture(s) 19 (BRUYN, Abraham de). Omnium pene Europae, Asiae, Aphricae atque Americae gentium habitus. Habits de diverses nations de l'Europe, Asie, Afrique et Amerique. Trachtenbuch: Der furnembsten Nationen und Volcker Kleidungen beijde Manns und Weijbs personen in Europa Asia Africa und America. Joos de Bosscher Excudit.- (IDEM). Exhibemus hoc libello Romani  Pontificis, Episcoporum, Monachorum, aliorumque sacerdotum, quorum aliquid scire potuimus, imagines. Antwerpiae, 3 Augusti 1581. Joos de Bosscher excudebat. (Antwerp, ca. 1600). Two parts in one volume. Oblong large folio. Later half red morocco. Richly engraved allegorical title with the emblematic figures of the four continents at the four corners; fine engraved allegorical frontispiece with the emblematic figures of Temperantia, Superbia and Magnanimitas at the top; two engraved portraits, of Esther and Isabelle, printed on one leaf, hundreds of costumes of lay people of the world, both men and women and often accompanied by children, on 61 full-page engraved leaves in the first part; engraved title in Latin, French and Dutch, and numerous  costumes of high clergy and religious orders on 18 full-page engraved  plates in the second part. 83 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Cartography  Costumes  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Very rare unrecorded (pirated?) edition of these beautifully illustrated French military exercises View picture(s) 20 (GIFFART, Pierre). L'art militaire françois, contenant l'exercice & le maniement des armes, tant des officiers que des soldats, réprésenté par des figures en taille-douce dessinées d'après nature. Avec un petit abregé d'exercice comme il se fait aujourd'hui. Dédié à Monseigneur le Marechal Duc de Boufflers. Paris, Pierre Giffart, Graveur du Roy, 1697. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments with title lettered in gold, speckled edges. With finely engraved frontispiece with a lively view of an army camp, with the richly decorated coat of arms of the dedicatee, Marechal Duke de Boufflers, underneath, and with 85 finely designed engraved plates of French soldiers and officers exercising their arms, all with a lively view of army exercises in the background. (14), 178 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Arms & Armour  Costumes  France  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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