ALEXANDER, William (1767-1816). A set of 5 costume books, London: Printed for John Murray and W. Bulmer, 1814, 4° (227 x 165mm), 274 hand-coloured aquatint plates. Uniformly bound in contemporary straight grained morocco elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, gilt edges (extremities rubbed), comprising
ALEXANDER, William (1767-1816). A set of 5 costume books, London: Printed for John Murray and W. Bulmer, 1814, 4° (227 x 165mm), 274 hand-coloured aquatint plates. Uniformly bound in contemporary straight grained morocco elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, gilt edges (extremities rubbed), comprising: Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Russians (64 plates), The Dress and Manners of the Chinese (50 plates including title), The Dress and Manner of the Austrians (50 plates), The Dress and Manners of the English (50 plates) and The Dress and Manners of the Turks (60 plates). Provenance : John Christie (armorial bookplate). See Colas I, pp.21-23 and Lipperheide (various refs.). (5)
ALEXANDER, William (1767-1816). A set of 5 costume books, London: Printed for John Murray and W. Bulmer, 1814, 4° (227 x 165mm), 274 hand-coloured aquatint plates. Uniformly bound in contemporary straight grained morocco elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, gilt edges (extremities rubbed), comprising
ALEXANDER, William (1767-1816). A set of 5 costume books, London: Printed for John Murray and W. Bulmer, 1814, 4° (227 x 165mm), 274 hand-coloured aquatint plates. Uniformly bound in contemporary straight grained morocco elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, gilt edges (extremities rubbed), comprising: Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Russians (64 plates), The Dress and Manners of the Chinese (50 plates including title), The Dress and Manner of the Austrians (50 plates), The Dress and Manners of the English (50 plates) and The Dress and Manners of the Turks (60 plates). Provenance : John Christie (armorial bookplate). See Colas I, pp.21-23 and Lipperheide (various refs.). (5)
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