436. Bar (Jacques Charles) Recueil des ci-devant Costumes Religieux et Militaires pour servir de suite aux Cérémonies Religieuses de tous la Peuples du Monde, 4 vol. only (of 6) , half titles, titles with engraved hand-coloured vignette, 355 hand-coloured aquatint and engraved plates only (of 357) by and after Bar, tissue guards, vol. II one or two plates with repair (not affecting image), Foyle copy with leather book-label of Beeleigh Abbey on front pastedown, plates numbered in pencil, contemporary French green morocco, gilt, g.e., spine gilt in compartments with floral motifs, inner gilt dentelles, a few small repairs to covers, corners a little bumped, vol. III upper joint cracking, [Lipperheide 1848], folio, Paris, Chez Lamy, [1796-1797].
est. £3000 – £4000
An excellent copy of a scarce work depicting a variety of religious and military costume.