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Costumes of the world View picture(s) 21 LEONHARDI, Friedrich Gottlob. Bildliche Darstellung aller bekannten Völker nach ihren Kleidertrachten, Sitten, Gewohnheiten und mit Beschreibung aus den besten englischen, französischen und italienischen Werken. Leipzig, Industrie Comptoir, [1798-]1801. 32 parts in 1 volume. 4to. Modern half calf. With 119 (of 122) full-page engraved plates in contemporary handcolouring. Letterpress title-page dated 1801, part-title to each part. All parts separately paginated. Lacking 6 pp. in part 23. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Colour Platebooks  Costumes  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Gorgeous Dutch costume book with plates exquisitely handcoloured by the famous Dutch painter Jan Willem Pieneman View picture(s) 22 MAASKAMP, Evert. Afbeeldingen van de kleedingen, zeden en gewoonten in Holland, met den aanvang der negentiende eeuw. Tableaux des habillements, des moeurs et des coutumes en Hollande, au commencement du dix-neuvième siècle. Amsterdam, Evert Maaskamp, (1811). Large 4to. (315 x 240mm). Contemporary boards covered with green paper, gilt border along the edges, gilt spine. Engraved allegorical frontispiece and 20 full-page engraved plates of Dutch costumes, all dated 1811, all coloured by hand by the famous Dutch painter Jan Willem Pieneman. (28) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Costumes  Folklore  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of the Small Maaskamp View picture(s) 23 MAASKAMP, Evert. Costumes, Moeurs, et Habillemens dans les Pays-Bas Unis, Dessinés et Colorés d'après nature. Amsterdam, chez E. Maaskamp, (1814). Contemporary dark blue gilt boards, g.e., preserved in contemporary box. With engraved title with large vignette by W. Senus, hand-coloured and 20 engraved plates of Dutch costumes by L. Portman after J. Kuyper, all hand-coloured, interleaved with rice-paper with numbers and titles of the plates and 2 pp. of contents. Full description >> Related Subjects: Costumes  Dutch  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The uniform of Napoleon's Dutch army View picture(s) 24 MAASKAMP, Evert. Uniformes des Gardes d'Honneur des Differens Corps, dans les Sept Départemens de La Hollande formés pour la Réception de Sa Majeté l'Empereur et Roi. Facsimile of the edition of Amsterdam, 1811. Paris, La "Giberne", 1904. Folio. Half calf. With 12 colour-plates reproduced after the original coloured aquatints from 1811 showing the costumes of the Dutch Napoleonic Gardes d'Honneur. With explanatory text-leaves inbetween. Full description >> Related Subjects: Colour Platebooks  Costumes  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Sumptuously illustrated work on ancient armour View picture(s) 25 MEYRICK, Samuel Rush. A Critical Inquiry into Ancient Armour, as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of King Charles II, with a Glossary of Military Terms of the Middle Ages. London, G. Schulzefor Robert Jenningssold by John Gale, 1824. 3 vols. Folio. Contemporary full black morocco, spines ribbed and richly gilt, with richly gilt borders on sides, gilt inner fillets, g.e. With 3 steelengraved titles with large vignet by C. Heath after R. Bridgens, 3 printed titles, 27 large  historiated and illuminated initials, richly hand coloured  and heightened with gold, 10 aquatint plates with illustrations of details of arms and armour, and 70 aquatint plates, richly coloured by hand and heightened with gold, of knights in armour on horseback, by R. Bridgens after the author. LXXVII, 206; 297; 147, (135) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Arms & Armour  Costumes  Europe  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A colourful history of the West Yorkshire Regiment View picture(s) 26 O'DONNELL, Henry (Ed.). Historical records of the 14th regiment, now the Prince of Wales's own (West Yorkshire regiment,) from its formation, in 1685, to 1892. Devonport, A.H. Swiss, (1893). 8vo. Contemporary cloth with calf sides and gilt title on spine, gilt medaillon on front cover, gilt ornament tooling on inside of covers, g.e. With 13 full- page coloured plates (incl. frontispiece), 33 full-page b/w illustrations of which 5 portraits, some small b/w illustrations in text. XXII, 415, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Arms & Armour  Costumes  History  Libraries & Collections  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Explaining Indonesia to the youth View picture(s) 27 OLIVIER, Johannes. Tafereel van Oost-Indië, voor jonge lieden van beiderlei kunne. Amsterdam, G.J.A. Beijerink, 1840-1841. 2 volumes. 8vo. Original printed yellow boards. With engraved folding map, coloured in outline of the Indonesian Archepilago by J.C. Zurcher and, 26 full-page engraved plates (with 76 numbered illustrations). [4], VIII, 201, [1 blank, 2]; [6], VIII, 194 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Colonial History  Costumes  Education  Indonesia  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Very rare suite of 12 Dutch and Frisian costume plates View picture(s) 28 PICART, Bernard. Diverses modes dessinées d'après nature. Amsterdam, printed for Bernard Picart, 1728. Suite of 12 engraved costume plates, including the title (ca. 125 x 72mm.) on 6 lvs. of 210 x 280mm Loose plates in modern cover. 12 costume plates, 6 of which are signed by G. Duchange, all after the designs by Bernard Picart. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Costumes  Dutch  Engravings  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Account of an expedition to Madagascar View picture(s) 29 POLLEN, François P.L. Recherches sur la faune de Madagascar et de ses Dependances, d'apres les decouvertes de Francois P.L. Pollen et D.C. van Dam. 1re partie: Relation de voyage. Leyden, J.K. Steenhoff, 1868-1877. 5 parts. 4to. Gatherings loose in original beige wrappers as issued. With 48 lithograph plates, mostly tinted or chromolithographed, 2 lithograph maps (of which one folding of Madagascar& isle Mayotte), lithographed after the drawings of F. Pollen or  J.G.  Keulemans by P.W.M. Trap and Keulemans, depicting events during the expedition, customs and costumes of the natives (shark fishing, turtle & monkey hunting) etc., steelengravings in text. 240 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Africa  Costumes  Discovery & Exploration  Hunting  Natural History  South Africa  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The colourful Dutch Army View picture(s) 30 RAA, F.J.G. ten. De Uniformen van de Nederlandsche Zee en Landmacht, hier te Lande en in de Kolonien. 's-Gravenhage, Militaire Boekhandel van de Gebroeders van Cleef, 1900. 2 vols, text vol. and atlas vol. Large folio. Contemporary gilt and illustrated cloth. With 80 fine chromo-lithographed plates, in atlas volume, showing the uniforms of the Dutch Navy and Military, often in groups or combat-scenes, after designs by Hoynck van Papendrecht, W.C. Staring, and J.P. de Veer, the latter for the colonial uniforms. (8), 235 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Costumes  Maritime History  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With the first coloured lithographs depicting Indonesian costume and topography View picture(s) 31 RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford & John CRAWFURD. Description géographique, historique et commerciale de Java, et des autres iles de l'Archipel Indien; contenant des détails sur les moeurs, les arts, les langues, les religions et les usages des habitans de cette partie du monde, ouvrage traduit de l'Anglais, par M. Marchal. Brussels (and Paris), H. Tarlier, libraire & Jobard, lithographe, 1824 (-25). Large 4to. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, both sides with broad composite border and centre ornaments in a romantique japanese style, spine ribbed in 4 compartments, title lettered in second compartment, others richly gilt, g.e. (J.H. PETERS). With large folding map of the Indian Archipelago (355 x 430 mm), lithographed by Jobard,  coloured in outlines by hand, folding map of Java (133 x 405 mm) coloured by hand, 10 full-page colour-printed lithographed costume plates all coloured by hand, and numerous views and illustrations on 38 full-page lithographed plates, incl. 2 on both sides of one leaf. XIX, (1 blank), 364 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bindings  Cartography  Colonial History  Costumes  East Indies  Indonesia  Java  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The classic description of Java in its first edition View picture(s) 32 RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford. The history of Java. London, printed for Black, Parbury, and Allen, booksellers to the Hon. East-India Company, and John Murray, 1817. 2 vols. Large 4to. Early 20th century vellum, spines ribbed and gilt, with red and green morocco title-labels, with decorative gilt borders on sides, with gilt flowers at the four corners and large gilt centerpiece, richly gilt inner dentelles and binding edges, marbled endpapers. With large folding engraved map of Java (1100 x 440mm) by J. Walker, coloured by hand in outlines, 10 fine coloured aquatint costume plates by William Daniell, some folding tables and many tables in text, numerous views and illustrations on 55 full-page, mostly soft-ground or line etched aquatint plates and 9 half-page views in the text. XLVIII, 479, (1 blank); VIII, 288, (4), CCLX 4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Aquatints  Cartography  Costumes  Indonesia  Java  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Three rare German treatises, including one of the first works on wigs and a work on the night View picture(s) 33 RANGO, Konrad Tiburtius. De capillamentis seu vulgô Paruquen, liber singularis. Magdeburg, Tobias Schröter/ Johan Müller, 1663. 12mo. Contemporary overlapping vellum with manuscript title on spine. Engraved title-page and 1 engraved plate by A. Fröhlich after the author, woodcut vignette on letterpress title-page. (2),254 [=256] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Costumes  Fashion  Forbidden Books  Germany  Law  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Beautifully hand-coloured Swiss costumes View picture(s) 34 REINHARDT, Johann Christian. Collection de costumes Suisses, d'apres les dessins de Reinhart. Chaque planche représente un costume avec une vue prise sure les lieux, À laquelle on joint la description en Anglais et en Français. London, W.T. Gilling, 1822. 4to. Late 19th-century three quarter calf with marbled boards. With 29 (of 30) beautifully hand-coloured plates. 28 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Colour Platebooks  Costumes  Switzerland  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Interesting work on the history of the Ottoman Empire, translated into many languages View picture(s) 35 RICAUT, Paul (or RYCAUT). Histoire de l'etat present de l'empire Ottoman: contenant les maximes politiques des Turcs; les principaux points de la religion Mahometane, ses sectes, ses héresies & ses diverses sortes de religieux; leur discipline militaire, avec une supputation exacte de leurs forces par mer & par terre & du revenu de l'etat. Traduit de l'Anglois... par Monsieur Briot. Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgank, 1670. 12mo. Contemporary red morocco, spine richly and charmingly gilt in compartments with brown morocco title label lettered in gold, triple gilt filet on covers, gilt edges and inner dentelles. With beautiful engraved frontispiece of a historic scene of the Sultan receiving ambassadors with Constantinople in the background, 18 fine engraved folding illustrations of typical Ottoman characters and their costumes, one woodcut illustration of a turban in text. 498, (6) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Costumes  Militaria  Religion  Turkey  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Imperial Guard of Napoleon View picture(s) 36 SAINT-HILAIRE, Emil Marco de. Geschichte der Kaiser-Garde. Leipzig, J.J. Weber, 1848. 4to. Contemporary blue morocco, title lettered in gold on spine, covers gold-tooled, marbled endpapers, g.e. With 43 full-page plates (of which 39 hand-coloured, mostly woodengraved, after H. Bellangé, E. Lami, Ch. Vernier), many smaller woodengravings in text. XII, 536 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Colour Platebooks  Costumes  Militaria  Napoleon  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Important military manual on gunnery and fortification View picture(s) 37 SAINT-JULIEN, Antoine de & Augustin BRANDEN. Gründlicher Unterricht von der Theoria und Praxi der heutigen Büchsen-Meisterey, als auch des Ernst-Feuer-Wercks nach der Methode des Welt-berühmten Ingenieurs Mr. de Vauban in Frag und Antwort verfasset, und in neun besondere Theile ordentlich eingetheilt. Frankfurt & Leipzig, Johann Ernst Adelbulner for Johann Friederich Rüdigern, 1713. 8vo. Contemporary overlapping vellum with title in ink on spine, blue painted edges. Double-page engraved frontispiece titled 'Der vollkommene Konstabel', double-page title printed in red and black, one folding woodcut table, 24 folding engraved plates showing how to prepare canons, military utensils, fortifications, etc. of which some with 2 illustrations, several woodcut illustrations and tables in text, woodcut head- and endpieces, woodcut initials. (22), 768 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Artillery  Costumes  Fireworks  Fortification  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Beautiful aquatint picture book View picture(s) 38 SAMS, William. A Tour through Paris, illustrated with Twenty-one Coloured plates, accompanied with descriptive Letter-press. London, William Sams, (ca. 1825). Folio. Contemporary half morocco. With 21 beautifully coloured aquatint plates showing vivid scenes of life in Paris. (21) lvs. of explanatory text. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Costumes  Europe  France  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Costumes of the religious orders embellished in full colour by Dirck Jansz. van Santen View picture(s) 39 SCHOONEBEEK, Adriaan. Nette afbeeldingen der eyge dragten van alle geestelyke orders; nevens een korte aantekening van haar begin, instelders, en bevestiging. In 't koper gebracht door Adriaan Schoonebeek. Amsterdam, with the author, 1688. 8vo. Contemporary vellum over boards, sides with triple gilt fillets, inner fillets with four gilt crowns at the four corners, spine gilt in compartments with lozenge-shaped ornaments and title stamped in black, red sprinkled edges. With engraved title-page, allegorical vignette on title with the banderole "Ars illustrem reddit", 72 full page engraved plates of monks wearing the habits of their different orders, and one plate indicating the colours, all magnificently coloured by a strictly contemporary hand, many of them heightened with gold and all in a frame of red and gold lines; two initials and a head-piece also coloured and heightened with gold. (8), 145, (6) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bindings  Colour Platebooks  Costumes  Dutch  Religion  Religious Orders  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A nineteenth century classic on mediaeval civilization View picture(s) 40 SHAW, Henry. Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages. London, William Pickering, 1843. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary three quarter red morocco, richly gilt decorated spine and marbled endpapers. Frontispiece and 93 colour plates, many head and tail pieces and initials. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Costumes  History  Printing  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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