A collection of the dresses of different nations, antient and modern, particularly old English dresses
Subtitle: after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others : with an account of the authorities, from which the figures are taken : and some short historical remarks on the subject : to which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage
Series: Cicognara library; Eighteenth century collections online; Microfilms of rare and out-of-print books -- list 64, no. 19
Publisher: Published by Thomas Jefferys ...
Published: 1757
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; fre
Subjects: Costume; History; Pictorial works; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Recueil des habillements de différentes nations, anciens et modernes, et en particulier des vieux ajustements anglois
Notes: Titles in red and black, with engraved vignettes.

Added engraved title pages in French.

Vols. 3 and 4 are dated 1772.

Issued in parts; an advertisement for number 1 was issued on December 13, 1755.

The "habits of the principal characters on the English stage" consist of plates 229-240 in v. 2.

No restrictions on access copy. Unrestricted online access

Cicognara, 1776

Colas, R. ^Costume, 2507

ESTC T88921

Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Text in English and French.

Armorial bookplate of Joseph Braithwaite on front pastedown and Boult family bookplate with motto "Siquis hunc librum laedit iacula timeat" on front free endpaper of each volume.

Imperfect: wanting v. 3-4.

Photocopy of plate 230 ("Habit of Coriolanus in the Tragedy of Coriolanus") laid in volume 2 (removed to Bibliographic File).

Bound in quarter brown leather and marbled paper-covered boards.