Costume, Five Titles. Five folio volumes bound in tooled and gilt full red morocco including: George Henry Mason's The Costume of China, Illustrated by Sixty Engravings, London: for W. Miller, 1800, illustrated with watercolor plates; The Costume of Turkey, Illustrated by a Series of Engravings, London: for William Miller 1802, illustrated with sixty watercolor plates; The Costume of the Russian Empire, Illustrated by a Series of Seventy-Three Engravings, London: for W. Miller, 1803, illustrated with watercolor plates; Bertrand de Moleville's The Costume of the Hereditary States of The House of Austria Displayed in Fifty Colored Engravings, London: William Miller 1804, illustrated with watercolor plates; and The Military Costume of Turkey, London: Thomas McLean, 1818, illustrated with thirty watercolor plates, (some bindings loose, wear, tears and losses at top and bottom of spines, previous owner inscriptions),14 3/4 x 11 in. Provenance: Formerly owned by Woodrow Wilson. Incription in Costumes of Turkey reads "Atlantic City Jan. 26th 1928/To Edna/with the compliments/of/Woodrow Wilson/Old Bill."
Costume, Five Titles. Five folio volumes bound in tooled and gilt full red morocco including: George Henry Mason's The Costume of China, Illustrated by Sixty Engravings, London: for W. Miller, 1800, illustrated with watercolor plates; The Costume of Turkey, Illustrated by a Series of Engravings, London: for William Miller 1802, illustrated with sixty watercolor plates; The Costume of the Russian Empire, Illustrated by a Series of Seventy-Three Engravings, London: for W. Miller, 1803, illustrated with watercolor plates; Bertrand de Moleville's The Costume of the Hereditary States of The House of Austria Displayed in Fifty Colored Engravings, London: William Miller 1804, illustrated with watercolor plates; and The Military Costume of Turkey, London: Thomas McLean, 1818, illustrated with thirty watercolor plates, (some bindings loose, wear, tears and losses at top and bottom of spines, previous owner inscriptions),14 3/4 x 11 in. Provenance: Formerly owned by Woodrow Wilson. Incription in Costumes of Turkey reads "Atlantic City Jan. 26th 1928/To Edna/with the compliments/of/Woodrow Wilson/Old Bill."
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