41 - [WAHLEN, Auguste].

[WAHLEN, Auguste]. Ancient and Modern Costume: Customs and Practices of All Peoples. Brussels, Wahlen-Fierlants, (ca. 1830–1860). Large 8vo (26 x 18 cm), lithographed title page and 86 engraved and hand-colored plates. Bradel binding in modern comb-paper, brown sheepskin title label, gilt title (minor losses on the plate depicting the Lady-in-Waiting to the Dauphine of Auvergne, scattered pinholes on a few plates, title page slightly soiled, missing the text but the copy remains in fresh condition). A lovely and rare illustrated album containing 86 plates following a romantic-style title page, lithographed in black and then hand-colored in wash with gold highlights. A fine copy. The plates are engraved in black and sometimes signed by Mercier, Pannemaker, Lisbet, Doms, Duverger, Markaert… then beautifully colored in wash, sometimes highlighted with gum. It depicts figures and costumes of civilians, military personnel, and religious figures, sometimes in scenes, ranging from the Middle Ages to the 19th century and covering Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania. Bound together: - A black lithograph, “Five Thousand Years Ago,” printed on a pink-ochre-tinted background, depicting a view of ancient Egypt: the Colossi of Memnon on the west bank of Luxor (Muquardt and Simmonau & Touvey, Brussels). -A printed text from the period titled “Oceania. Vanikorien” (from the Vanikoro Islands) (1 p.). Missing from Colas, who cites only the 1843–1844 title (II, 3041).