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[COSTUME]. A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations...

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[COSTUME]. A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations, Antient and Modern? London: Thomas Jefferys, 1757. 2 volumes (of an eventual 4), 4to. 240 engravings (none with hand-color). Contemporary full mottled calf, spine with burgundy and green gilt morocco lettering labels (front board of volume I nearly detached, other joints cracked, binding worn, soiled, text toned with occasional foxing). Very rarely found with volumes III and IV, both published in 1758.