376 - Antoine-François Bertrand de MOLEVILLE (1744–1818)

Antoine-François Bertrand de MOLEVILLE (1744–1818) Costumes of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria, consisting of 50 colored engravings, with descriptions and an introduction written by Mr. Bertrand de Moleville, translated into English by R. C. Dallas, Esq. Printed in London for William Miller, Old Bond Street, by William Bulmer & Co. 1804. Folio format, bound in green leather; the front cover features the title centered in gold lettering in English, framed by friezes of foliage and geometric motifs in fine engraving, the spine with four raised bands, featuring the title and gilt foliage motifs, bearing the bookplate of the Esquina Bookstore in Porto, Portugal (a later binding). In its green slipcase. Each plate, based on works by William Ellis, engraved in aquatint, titled, and accompanied by a short explanatory paragraph in English and French, depicting the costumes of the Austrian people, nobility, and the lower classes, including depictions of a Hungarian peasant woman from Flipovan, Saxon ladies from the city of Hermanstad, a Polish Jewish woman, a countess from Zuppano, etc. A few stains and foxing spots.