1814 PICTURESQUE REPRESENTATIONS DRESS & MANNERS of RUSSIANS antique 64 PLATES

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Title: 1814 PICTURESQUE REPRESENTATIONS DRESS & MANNERS of RUSSIANS antique 64 PLATES

Description: Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Russians
by [William Alexander]
London: Printed for John Murray; 1814
64 hand-coloured aquatint plates

Original burgundy straight-grain morocco, spine with raised bands richly decorated in giltaa
good interior condition, occasional minor spotting, some rubbing to extremities, damages to the leather
size: 6 1/2 by 9 1/4 inches
Text in English
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William Alexander was official draughtsman to the British embassy to China of 1792-1794
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1814 PICTURESQUE REPRESENTATIONS DRESS & MANNERS of RUSSIANS antique 64 PLATES

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