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487 - The costume of the Netherlands, displayed in thirty coloured engravings after drawings from nature by Miss Semple; with descriptions in English and French. London Ackermann's repository of Arts [early 19th c.] Folio; engr. title and 30 pl. (some light marg. soiling). Contemp. straight grained morocco, richly decorated boards and spine with raised bands, a.e.g. (sl. rubbed). First edition of this superb illustrated book with a hand-coloured vignette on title-page and 30 hand-coloured engravings in aquatint by William Bartlett from drawings of Miss Semple. The plates are accompanied by the descriptions in English and French and depict personages in typical attire from the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Friesland), Belgium (Mons, Antwerp) and Northern France (Valenciennes). Ref. Lipperheide 958. - Colas 2710 (mentions a half-tilte). - Landwehr, Dutch books with coloured plates, n. 431. - Not in Abbey. Prov. C. Mackenzie, from her dear brother sir Harry Neven Lumsden (ms. entry).
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The costume of the Netherlands, displayed in thirty coloured engravings after drawings from nature by Miss Semple; with descriptions in English and French. London Ackermann's repository of Arts [early 19th c.] Folio; engr. title and 30 pl. (some light marg. soiling). Contemp. straight grained morocco, richly decorated boards and spine with raised bands, a.e.g. (sl. rubbed). First edition of this superb illustrated book with a hand-coloured vignette on title-page and 30 hand-coloured engravings in aquatint by William Bartlett from drawings of Miss Semple. The plates are accompanied by the descriptions in English and French and depict personages in typical attire from the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Friesland), Belgium (Mons, Antwerp) and Northern France (Valenciennes). Ref. Lipperheide 958. - Colas 2710 (mentions a half-tilte). - Landwehr, Dutch books with coloured plates, n. 431. - Not in Abbey. Prov. C. Mackenzie, from her dear brother sir Harry Neven Lumsden (ms. entry).
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