A collection of the dresses of different nations, antient and modern : particularly old English dresses; 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.
Alternate Title(s):
Recueil des habillements de différentes nations, anciens et modernes
Published / Created:
London : Published by Thomas Jefferys, geographer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in the Strand, MDCCLVII-MDCCLXXII. [1757-72]
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 29 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3349770
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Added t.p. in French: Recueil des habillements de différentes nations, anciens et modernes ...
Subject Terms:
Clothing and dress -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800. | Clothing and dress -- History -- Early works to 1800. | Costume -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800. | Costume -- History -- Early works to 1800. | Jeffreys, T., -- Publisher. | Lyndon, Herbert -- Bookplate. | Becker, Louis -- Bookplate. | Roos, Olivia Cecilia Fitz-Gerad de -- Autograph. | Lyndon, Herbert -- Pres. insc. from Frederick Wellesley , Sept. 1888. | Wellesley, Frederick -- Pres. insc. to Herbert Lyndon, Sept. 1888.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1757-1772.
Contributors:
Grignion, Charles, 1721–1810, engraver. | Walker, Anthony, 1726–1765, ill. | Jefferys, Thomas, -1771, publisher. | Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, 1533?-1588. Young daughter of the Picts.