1788 COSTUMES Dress Illustrated Clothing Crimea Malta Bulgaria Greece Corfu

MARECHAL, Sylvain

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First published in 1784, Sylvain Marechal’s ‘Civil Costumes’ was an impressive and important work on the cultures of people groups from all over the world. Includes 87 full-page, hand-colored engravings depicting clothing and costumes from Western cultures, African and Native American tribes, Pacific Islanders, and from all over the rest of the known world. These incredible illustrations were engraved by Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.

This volume from the 1788 edition covers the clothing, cultures, and religion of the inhabitants of Tartary, Crimea, Greek Island of Corfu, Malta, and Bulgaria. The illustrations depict both men in women in formal dress including the upper bourgeoisie.   

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1788 COSTUMES Dress Illustrated Clothing Crimea Malta Bulgaria Greece Corfu

 

First published in 1784, Sylvain Marechal’s ‘Civil Costumes’ was an impressive and important work on the cultures of people groups from all over the world. Includes 87 full-page, hand-colored engravings depicting clothing and costumes from Western cultures, African and Native American tribes, Pacific Islanders, and from all over the rest of the known world. These incredible illustrations were engraved by Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.

This volume from the 1788 edition covers the clothing, cultures, and religion of the inhabitants of Tartary, Crimea, Greek Island of Corfu, Malta, and Bulgaria. The illustrations depict both men in women in formal dress including the upper bourgeoisie.   

 

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MARECHAL, Sylvain

 

Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus dessinés d’après nature gravés et coloriés accompagnés d’une notice historique sur leurs coutumes, moeurs, religions… rédigés par M. Sylvain Maréchal

 

A Paris, Chez Pavard, Editeur, rue St. Jacques, N p0 s 240. Et se trouve Chez Knapen & Fils, Imprimeurs-Libraires, au bas du Pont St. Michel. Chez Bailly, Libraire, rue St. Honoré, Barriere des Sergens. Chez Gastey, Libraire, au Palai-Royal, et chez tous les Libraires de l’Europe. M. DCC. LXXXVIII. [1788].

 

Details:

  • Collation: Complete with all pages; volume II
    • 87 hand-colored engraved plates throughout
  • Language: French
  • Binding: Leather; tight & secure
    • Visible repair at back inner hinge
  • Size: ~8.5in X 6.5in (22cm x 16.5cm)

 

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8603

Categories

Classical Greco-Roman

Arts & Architecture

Asia, Africa, & Middle Eastern

Authors

MARECHAL, Sylvain

Printing Date

18th Century

Language

French

Binding

Leather

Book Condition

Excellent

Collation

Complete