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Author: Lens, André Corneille
Title: Le costume ou essai sur les habillements et les usages de plusieurs peuples de l'antiquité, prouvé par les monuments
Place Published: Liege
Publisher:Aux dépens de l'auteur, chez J.F. Bassompierre
Date Published: 1776
Description:

xxxi, [1], 411, [1] pp.] + 51 copper-engraved plates by Pitre Martenasie, many with multiple images. (4to) 24.5x19 cm (9¾x7½"), period mottled calf, rebacked in modern calf, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands, morocco lettering piece, marbled endpapers. First Edition.

First edition of Lens' notable illustrated treatise on ancient dress among the Egyptians, Greeks, Persians, Jews, Romans, and other peoples. The author came to the study of antiquarian clothing by way of his classically inspired focus in painting. Inkstamp of St. Bernard's Seminary, Rochester, to margin of dedication.

Covers rubbed, worn at corners; some minor soiling within, very good.