The civil costume of England, from the conquest to the present time, drawn from tapestries, monumental effigies, illuminated manuscripts, portraits, etc.
MARTIN Charles 1820-1906
Superb hand coloured illustrations! First edition, additional engraved title with hand-coloured pictorial border, 61 tissue guarded hand-coloured engraved plates, many heightened with gold, some with gum arabic, the plates are clean, colours are…
The Costume of The Original Inhabitants of The British Islands, The costume of the original inhabitants of the British Islands : from the earliest periods to the sixth century ; to which is added, that of the Gothic nations on the western coasts of the Baltic, the ancestors of the Anglo-Saxons and Anglo-Danes
MEYRICK Samuel Rush 1783-1848. SMITH Charles Hamilton 1776-1859
With 25 coloured aquatints Near Fine, 1815, First edition, in half red morocco over red cloth, some blind tooling. Spine, gilt titles, edges rubbed. Internally, half title, additional engraved title page with large vignette, [8], [1], 2-59 pp,…
The Costume of Great Britain
PYNE W.H. [William Henry] 1770-1843
With Sixty Superb Hand-coloured aquatint engravings Uncommon. 1804 but 1819, small folio, title page with hand-coloured engraved vignette, preface and contents (2 leaves), and 60 hand-coloured aquatint plates, each with accompanying leaf of…
Read's Characteristic National Dances; Including a Series of Tales by Popular Authors
READ & Co
An exceptionally uncommon collection of hand coloured plates depicting National Dances & Costumes. [1853], First edition, in red embossed cloth, gilt printed, corners bumped. Professionally re-spined, with the old laid down, gilt titles.…
Selections of the Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland.
SMITH Charles Hamilton 1776-1859
WITH SIXTY ONE HAND COLOURED AQUATINTS. Fine, first edition, 1814, in a stunning full red crushed morocco (by Bayntun-Riviere), gilt edge tooling, Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, half title, additional half title,…
Selections of the Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland.
SMITH Charles Hamilton 1776-1859
With Sixty One hand coloured Aquatints. VG, First edition, 1814, in half black calf over early worn marbled boards. Spine rebacked, original laid down, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, hand coloured frontis, [3], (vi-viii), [2] subscribers…
Selections of the Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Seventh to the Sixteenth Century
SMITH Charles Hamilton 1776-1859
With Sixty One hand coloured Aquatints. 1814, First edition, later issue, in half calf over grey cloth, some gilt tooling, edges rubbed. Spine, raised bands, gilt & blind tooling, gilt titles to red calf labels. Internally, half tittle, hand…
Chronicles of fashion: from the time of Elizabeth to the early part of the nineteenth century, in manners, amusements, banquets, costume, etc.
STONE Mrs. [Elizabeth]
Illustrated with Fifteen Copper and Steel engraved plates, First edition, two volumes in full black morocco, richly gilt panelled & ornamented (by Taffin). Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling & titles. Internally, gilt tooling to board…
A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England WITH The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England:
STRUTT Joseph 1749-1802
With Two Hundred & twenty Five coloured plates VG, 2 titles in 3 volumes, in uniform half olive morocco over red marbled boards, some gilt tooling, corners & edges worn. Spines, gilt titles & tooling, edges bumped, worn along joints.…
The Follies & Fashions of Grandfathers Embellished with thirty-seven whole-page plates including ladies' and gentlemen's dress
TUER Andrew W. [White] 1838-1900
Near Fine. With fore edge painting, & a wonderful binding, complete with 37 illustrations. In full wine calf (by Sangorski & Sutcliffe), gilt edge tooling, corners brushed. Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling, gilt titles to dark green…
The Costume and Customs of Modern India
WILLIAMSON Captain Thomas 1758-1817. DOYLEY Charles 1781-1845 [D'OYLY]
BRITISH LIFE IN THE RAJ Large Paper Copy, with 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates, watermarked 1821. Contemporary straight-grain morocco, attractive decorative wide gilt & blind edge tooling, a few marks, corners & edges rubbed. Re-spined, old laid…