The military costume of Europe; exhibited in a series of highly-finished military figures, in the uniform of their several corps; with a concise description, and historical anecdotes; forming memoirs of the various armies of the present time
Complete With All Ninety Six Hand Coloured Military Plates First editions, two volumes, small folio, in contemporary long grained morocco, elaborate gilt and blind tooling. Re-backed spines, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling & titles, edges…
Welsh Costumes [Print]
VG, Second Series, Single tinted lithograph print, 275*374mm (10.75*14.75"), of Welsh Costumes, by H Jones & JH Lynch. Depicted are, Cottager. Farmers Wife. Labourers Wife. Farmers Daughter, Market Boy and the Cottagers Daughter.
Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English
[ALEXANDER William] 1767-1816
FIFTY HAND COLOURED AQUATINT PLATES, EACH WITH AN ACCOMPANYING LEAF OF TEXT First edition, 4to, in full black morocco, spine gilt titled, lower and fore edges untrimmed, title leaf, contents leaf, & 50 hand coloured engraved plates, each with…
The Knights of the Tournament
[ALKEN Henry] 1785-1851
Hand Coloured Knights in Armour Rare, 1831, first edition, oblong quarto, twelve hand-coloured lithographed plates, title from original lithographed front wrapper, re-backed and with back wrapper renewed, plates titled & dated 1831, &…
Dramatic Characters, or Different Portraits of the English Stage.
[GARRICK David] 1717-1779
VG, 1st ed, 24 pls (hand coloured - complete). In modern full calf, decorative gilt edge tooling. Spine, gilt tooling, raised bands, gilt titles to red morocco label. Internally, engraved French title leaf, engraved English title leaf,…
Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English.
[M'LEAN Thomas]. [ALEXANDER William] 1767-1816
c1825, VG Title leaf followed by the plate list then 50 engraved, hand coloured plates (dated 1813), depicting, individuals from every walk of life in their relevant dress, from the King (George 111) to Highland Shepherds (who apparently enjoy…
Recueil de scenes de societe. Bound WITH: Recueil de scenes populaires.
[PIGAL Edme Jean - illustrator] 1798-1872
With 100 Hand Coloured Lithographed Plates Two works in one large folio volume, each work with fifty numbered hand coloured lithographed plates depicting humorous scenes, each with two or three figures in costume of the period. Contemporary half…
Costume of the Ladies of England 1809-1829
ACKERMANN Rudolph 1764-1834
An extensive collection of plates from Ackermann's Repository of Arts. Octavo (9.5 x 6 inches), 287 fine hand-coloured etched plates of ladies fashions. Late 19th-century half red morocco over marbled paper boards, decorative gilt spine, all…
A Collection of Interesting Subjects of Military Occurrences, Costumes &c
ALKEN Henry 1785-1851 and HEATH William 1794-1840
AN EXTREMELY RARE COLLECTION OF MILITARY COSTUME PLATES Large octavo, manuscript title, hand coloured folding engraved title (Foreign Military Costume) and eighty four hand coloured engraved plates (two folding), title and plates cut and inlaid to…
A practical guide for the tailor's cutting-room: being a treatise on measuring and cutting clothing in all styles, and for every period of life from childhood to old age.
COUTS Joseph
A Handsome Volume With 27 WONDERFUL hand-coloured plates of Men's Fashion, 1848, uncommon. Second edition, quarto, in late nineteenth century half calf, over 'fabric' cloth, gilt tooling, corners rubbed. Spine, raised bands, elaborately gilt…
Rustic Figures
DICKINSON W. Robt.
EXTREMELY RARE collection of Hand Coloured Lithographed plates depicting -Rustic Figures-. [1842], Large Folio, twenty four hand coloured lithographed plates (including vignette title). One leaf of letterpress. In modern, half red morocco over…
Foreign Military Costume
HEATH William 1795-1840
Hand-Coloured Engraved Plates of Foreign Military Costume First edition, oblong folio, hand coloured engraved vignette title and six hand coloured engraved plates, each containing four vignettes depicting Austrian (Pl 1st), French (Pl 2nd),…
Ornatus Muliebris Anglicanus OR THE SEVERALL HABITS OF ENGLISH WOMEN, from the Nobilitie: to the contry Woman, as they are in these times
HOLLAR Wenceslaus 1607-1677
26 finely engraved portraits of women's costumes by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1640 but after 1717. Nineteenth century brown morocco, bevelled edges, gilt box design by Thomson of Edinburgh ca. 1890, some edge rubbing. Spine, gilt tooling & titles,…
Lacy's Dramatic Costumes. Female Costumes, Historical, National, and Dramatic: WITH Male Costumes:
LACY Thomas Hailes [editor]
First edition of both volumes. Quartos. First volume, 1865, with 203 plates (as called for). Second volume, 1868, 200 plates (as called for), 4 pp index. Both volumes with colour lithograph title pages. Each volume with a letterpress four page…
The Clans of the Scottish Highlands, illustrated by appropriate figures, displaying their dress, tartans, arms, armorial insignia, and social occupations, from original sketches
LOGAN James 1794?-1872. McIAN Robert Ronald 1803?-1856.
SEVENTY-TWO COLOURED lithographed plates in a Stunning gilt morocco Scottish Armorial binding. In two volumes, beautifully bound in full red morocco, lavishly gilt decorated & lettered, boards with coats of arms, corners & edges rubbed, a…