The Costume of the Russian Empire, Illustrated by a Series of Seventy-Three Engravings. With Descriptions in English and French.
[by William Alexander.]
London: Printed for W. Miller, Old Bond Street, by S. Gosnell, Little Queen Street, Holborn. MDCCIII [1803].
First Edition, first issue. Folio, original full calf calf gilt, morocco title labels on spine; pp. [18], 73 aquatint plates with fine original colour, each with a page of letterpress in English and French. Plates and text watermarked 1796 as called for by Abbey. Boards detached.
A fine costume plate book, with illustrations of the peoples of Scandinavia, Central Asia and the Far East. The plates were copied from a four-volume work by J.G. Georgi published in St. Petersburg, 1776-80. According to Abbey: ''The text to this English edition is said to be by William Alexander''.
Abbey, Travel, 244.
[Ref: 55185] £1,300.00
London: Printed for W. Miller, Old Bond Street, by S. Gosnell, Little Queen Street, Holborn. MDCCIII [1803].
First Edition, first issue. Folio, original full calf calf gilt, morocco title labels on spine; pp. [18], 73 aquatint plates with fine original colour, each with a page of letterpress in English and French. Plates and text watermarked 1796 as called for by Abbey. Boards detached.
A fine costume plate book, with illustrations of the peoples of Scandinavia, Central Asia and the Far East. The plates were copied from a four-volume work by J.G. Georgi published in St. Petersburg, 1776-80. According to Abbey: ''The text to this English edition is said to be by William Alexander''.
Abbey, Travel, 244.
[Ref: 55185] £1,300.00