450. Pyne (William Henry) The Costume of Great Britain, hand-coloured title-vignette and 60 hand-coloured aquatint plates, [Abbey, Life 430; Colas 2447], 1804 [but watermark 1819] § Costume of the Russian Empire (The), 73 hand-coloured aquatint plates, French and English text, [Abbey, Travel 244; Colas 703], 1804 [but some plates watermarked 1820] § Mason (George Henry) The Costume of China, 60 hand-coloured aquatint plates, French and English text, [Abbey, Travel 533; Colas 2009], 1804 [but watermark 1818] § Wageman (Thomas Charles) The Military Costume of Turkey, additional hand-coloured aquatint vignette title and 30 hand-coloured aquatint plates, [Abbey, Travel 373; Colas 2059], 1818 [but watermark 1819], together 4 vol., occasional foxing and some offsetting onto text leaves, plates generally very clean, uniformly bound in contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco, gilt , folio (4)
est. £3500 – £5000
A fine collection of works in superb uniform bindings.
The plates in the first work have the backgrounds coloured, making them “more desirable” according to Abbey.