1788 COSTUMES Illustrated Inuit Eskimo Pacific Indians Alaska AFRICA Quakers

1788 COSTUMES Illustrated Inuit Eskimo Pacific Indians Alaska AFRICA Quakers

First published in 1784, Sylvain Marechal’s ‘Civil Costumes’ was an impressive and important work on the cultures of people groups from all over the world. It has 58 full-page, hand-colored engravings depicting clothing and costumes from Western cultures, African and Native American tribes, Pacific Islanders, and from all over the rest of the known world. These incredible illustrations were engraved by Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.

This fourth volume from the 1788 edition covers the clothing, cultures, and religion of the inhabitants of Senegal, Guinea, Madagascar, Mexico, Inuit from Shaktoolik Alaska, and even the Quakers. The illustrations depict both men in women in formal dress including the upper bourgeoisie.   

Item number: #8604

Price: $1500

MARECHAL, Sylvain

Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus dessinés d’après nature gravés et coloriés accompagnés d’une notice historique sur leurs coutumes, moeurs, religions … rédigés par M. Sylvain Maréchal

A Paris, Chez Pavard, Editeur, rue St. Jacques, N p0 s 240. Et se trouve Chez Knapen & Fils, Imprimeurs-Libraires, au bas du Pont St. Michel. Chez Bailly, Libraire, rue St. Honoré, Barriere des Sergens. Chez Gastey, Libraire, au Palai-Royal, et chez tous les Libraires de l’Europe. M. DCC. LXXXVIII. [1788].

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; volume IV
  • 58 hand-colored engraved plates throughout
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
  • Visible repair at front inner hinge
• Size: ~8.5in X 6.5in (22cm x 16.5cm)

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