Beautiful hand-colored plates of Russian costumes
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Heading: (Costume)
Author: Harding, Edward
Title: Costume of the Russian Empire, Illustrated by upwards of Seventy Richly Coloured Engravings...
Place Published: London
Publisher:John Stockdale
Date Published: 1810
Description:
Author: Harding, Edward
Title: Costume of the Russian Empire, Illustrated by upwards of Seventy Richly Coloured Engravings...
Place Published: London
Publisher:John Stockdale
Date Published: 1810
Description:
Hand-colored half-title, [12] pp. + 72 hand-colored engraved plates with [140] pp. of letterpress description. Plate 14 is without letterpress description. Text in English and French. (Folio) 14¼x10½", period three-quarter leather, gilt-decorated spine, marbled boards; matching marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. Later Edition.
The charming plates are based on the work of J.G. Georgi, who was published by Carl Wilhelm Muller in 4 volumes, St. Petersburg, 1776-80, under the patronage of the Empress. This edition "Dedicated, By Permission to Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth."
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Front joint perished, extremities worn; hinges repaired, some offsetting from plates; very good.
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Beautiful hand-colored plates of Russian costumes
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