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229 - BRETON DE LA MARTINIÈRE (Jean-Baptiste). Spain and Portugal, or the Customs, Traditions, and Dress of the Inhabitants of These Kingdoms. Paris: Nepveu, 1815.
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BRETON DE LA MARTINIÈRE (Jean-Baptiste). Spain and Portugal, or the Customs, Traditions, and Dress of the Inhabitants of These Kingdoms. Paris: Nepveu, 1815. 6 volumes in-16, blue morocco, richly decorated ribbed spine, wide gilt lace framing the covers, gilt roulette on the edges and inside, gilt edges (contemporary binding). First edition of this important compilation. It is illustrated with 54 separate plates, including 2 fold-outs, all finely colored at the time, depicting figures in period costumes, views, monuments, etc. They depict twelve views and more than 60 different costumes, most based on drawings executed in 1809 and 1810. (Brunet I, 1226; Colas 439.) A precious copy in period morocco leather.
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