Costume of the Russian Empire
by HARDING, Edward [publ.]
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
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1810 RUSSIA Costume of Russian Empire Color Illustrated Clothing Travel Voyages
An extremely valuable and important illustrated account of history of costumes and clothing from the Russian Empire. Published in 1810, Edward Harding gathered English and French descriptions of impressive, aquatint engravings. The first edition of this work was published 1803 but is considered inferior to this edition because of the lack of engraved title and shorter explanations of the illustrations.
Item number: #8792
Price: $2950
HARDING, Edward [publ.]
Costume of the Russian Empire
London: Printed by T. Bensley for John Stockdale, 1810.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [154], 72
o 72 hand-colored engravings + frontis
· Provenance: Armorial Bookplate
o Campbell of Succoth, Bart.
Sir Ilay Campbell, Lord Succoth FRSE LLD (1734–1823) was a Scottish advocate, judge and politician.
Founding member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783)
Director of the Highland Society (1784)
· References: Abbey Travel 244
· Language: English / French
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~14.75in X 11in (38cm x 28cm)
· Exceedingly rare and desirable!
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8792
- Title
- Costume of the Russian Empire
- Author
- HARDING, Edward [publ.]
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight & secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed by T. Bensley for John Stockdale
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1810
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1810 RUSSIA Costume of Russian Empire Color Illustrated Clothing Travel Voyages rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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