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Basic knowledge of the world and its inhabitants View picture(s) 61 [GEOGRAPHY]. 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 [Caribbean Islands]  America, North  Asia  Australia & New Zealand  Cartography  Children's Books  China  Costumes  Europe  Geography  Indonesia  Siberia  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) 62 [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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Costumes in colour View picture(s) 63 [JESSEN, Heinrich]. (Trachten aus Alt-Hamburg). Hamburg, B.S. Berendsohn, Wilh. Jowien, [ca. 1850]. 8vo. Contemporary blindstamped red decorated cloth, front cover with title lettered in gold. With 50 hand-coloured full-page plates heightened with egg-white, (of which 44 lithographs, 3 engravings and 3 wood-engravings), mostly signed by H. Jessen. Full description >> Related Subjects: Colour Platebooks  Costumes  Germany  Lithographs  Professions  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Unrecorded issue of this gorgeous series of hand-coloured Dutch costume plates View picture(s) 64 [MAASKAMP, Evert, Jacques KUYPER & Louis PORTMAN]. Representations of dresses, morals and customs, in the Kingdom of Holland, at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Amsterdam, Printed for E. Maaskamp (and Colnaghi & Co, London), 1808 (series of plates: 1811). Large 4to. Contemporary half leather with gilt title on spine, boards covered with marbled paper. Allegorical frontispiece and 20 magnificent full-page hand-coloured engravings. 24 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Costumes  Dutch  English  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare re-issue of a nice series of hand-coloured plates of early 18th-century Dutch costumes View picture(s) 65 [MAASKAMP, Evert]. Costumes populaires et villageois de La Hollande, représentés par vingt figures coloriées. Amsterdam, C.G. Sulpke, (ca. 1834). 8vo. Contemporary boards covered with calf-like paper, title in gold on front cover. Title-page, table of contents and 20 hand-coloured engraved plates with tissue-guards, by L. Portman after J. Kuyper, D. van Oosterhout, A. Prince, D. Koning, Amersvoort, C. Overman and J.Caspari. Full description >> Related Subjects: Colour Platebooks  Costumes  Dutch  History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Travelling through Belgium in 1814 View picture(s) 66 [MAASKAMP, Evert]. Reis door België in het jaar 1814. Met platen, kaarten, gezichten en kostumen. Amsterdam, E. Maaskamp, Brussels, P.J. de Mat, 1815. 8vo. Contemporary boards, title in ink on spine. Engraved title, large engraved folding map of Belgium coloured in outlines (370 x  260 mm), 3 full-page aquatints, engraved plan of Antwerp, full-page engraved plate, large engr. folding plan of Brussels (410 x 510 mm), double-page engr. plan of a park in Brussels, two full-page engraved handcoloured  costumeplates. XX, 200, (10) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Belgicana  Costumes  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Illustrated Dutch costumes and morals View picture(s) 67 [MAASKAMP, Evert]. The Costume of the Kingdom of Holland, at the beginning of the nineteenth century. London, Colnaugh and Co., 1810. 4to. 19th century green morocco, spine ribbed and richly gilt, with gilt double filet borders on sides, richly gilt inner dentelles, top gilt, uncut. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece, and 20 full-page engraved plates on Dutch costumes, by L. Portman after J. Kuyper, etc., all beautifully coloured by hand. (24) lvs. explanatory text. Full description >> Related Subjects: Costumes  Dutch  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) 68 [MILITARY COSTUMES]. Kleeding en wapenrusting van vrijwillige jagerkorpsen, schutterijen, en der zee en landmagt. [Utrecht, 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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The people of the world updated View picture(s) 69 [MOLHUYSEN, Philipp Christiaan]. Aardrijkskundig leesboek tot uitbreiding der kennis van verschillende volken op den aardbol. Tweede verbeterde druk. Deventer, A.J. van den Sigtenhorst, 1838. Contemp. half calf, spine gilt, marbled edges. With large emblematic vignette on engraved title, and illustrations of the costumes of the main peoples of the world on 28 full-page engraved plates. (8), 412 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America [Central]  America [South]  America, North  China  Costumes  Geography  India  Japan  Middle East  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Photographs of Maori in full feather dress View picture(s) 70 [PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM - NEW ZEALAND]. [Collection of 20 photographs of New Zealand]. [New Zealand, ca. 1890]. Collection of 20 photographs of New Zealand, including 11 Maori portraits, a Maori gatepost, 4 albumen prints of Hobart and locality, a loose albumen print of the North Shore Native and Aquatic Regatta at Auckland in 1898, and 3 photo postcards. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Costumes  Photography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A picturesque journey through Switzerland View picture(s) 71 [REICHARD, Heinrich August O.] Malerische Reise durch einen großen Theil der Schweiz vor und nach der Revolution. Jena, H.W.Ch. Seidler, 1805. 8vo. Contemporary half cloth. With engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page, 54 plates (of which 4 hand-coloured, and 1 folding) and 2 folding leaves with musical score. XVI, 414, [2] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Colour Platebooks  Costumes  Switzerland  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Over 200 hand-coloured plates with theatre costumes, rebuses and caricatures View picture(s) 72 [THEATRE]. BÄUERLE, Adolf (ed.). Wiener allgemeine Theaterzeitung. Originalblatt für Kunst, Literatur, Musik, Mode, und geselliges Leben. Herausggegeben von Adolf Bäuerle. Vier-, Fünf, Sechs und dreißigster Jahrgang. Vienna, Bureau der allgemeinen Theaterzeitung, 1841-1843, [1847-1848?]. 4to. Contemporary buckram with title on front cover and spine. Hand-coloured wood-engraved title, 208 hand-coloured mostly engraved plates (incl. some titles), mainly by A. Geiger after Cajetan. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Colour Platebooks  Costumes  Theatre  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Interlarded with unexpected details and anecdotes View picture(s) 73 [TRAVEL - LOW COUNTRIES]. 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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American re-edition of a rare series View picture(s) 74 [VENNING, Mary Anne?]. A geographical present; being descriptions of the countries of Asia, &c. Compiled from the best authorities. With representations of the various inhabitants in their respective costumes. New York, R. & G. S. Wood for William Burgess, 1831. 12mo. Half red morocco, spine gilt in compartments, and lettered in gold. With 12 nicely hand-coloured engraved plates, all depicting the costumes of the inhabitants of several parts in Asia and Australasia. (4), 144 pp. with a List of other childern's books also published by Burgess: 7 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Asia  Australia & New Zealand  Children's Books  China  Costumes  Education  Ethnography  Geography  Korea  Turkey  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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