Bertrand de MOLLEVILLE
Costumes des Etats héréditaires de la Maison d'Autriche[Costumes of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria]
Imprimé pour William Miller|Londres [London] 1804|26 x 36 cm (In-folio)|relié
First edition, superbly illustrated with 50 engraved and hand-coloured plates, all numbered and signed by William Ellis. Bilingual text, first in English, followed by the French translation on facing pages. Printed on deluxe wove paper.
English binding. Spine entirely rebacked in chocolate shagreen, decorated with five blind-stamped romantic floral tools. Brown calf boards adorned with a large central lozenge composed of leafy friezes. Blind-stamped border frieze with corner tools, and a second leafy border. Upper board split along the joint and nearly detached, lower joint open at the foot over 5 cm, with a continuing crack of 10 cm though the leather remains closed. Corners heavily w
€1,500