L'Autriche, Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Autrichiens. Suite de gravures coloriées avec leurs explications
Gide fils|Paris s. d. [circa 1825]|-|relié
€700
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First edition illustrated with 24 hand-colored plates, hors-texte, depicting Austrians dressed in various period costumes. Half red Russian morocco binding, smooth spine with cold-stamped fleurons and gilt title, boards with double cold-stamped fillet frame and roulette decoration, front joint cracked at head, headcaps lightly rubbed, contemporary binding. Some discreet foxing otherwise handsome and rare work describing the Austrian people in the 19th century, abundantly illustrated with hand-colored engraved plates.