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Sale 492: Fine & Rare Books (#492) 11/08/2012 11:00 AM PST Closed
Starts Ending 11/08/2012 11:00 AM PST

Lot #51 Hamburgische Trachten / Costumes de Hambourg

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$1,750

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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Description

Heading:

(Costume)

Title:

Hamburgische Trachten / Costumes de Hambourg

Author:

Suhr, C[hristoph]

Place Published:

[Hamburg]

Date Published:

1822

Description:

Title leaf, plate descriptions and 36 hand-colored engraved plates. (Folio) 35.8x22.3 cm. (14x8¾") modern black half-morocco and old marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. Second Edition.

Title page and descriptive text in German and French. A very rare volume of costume plates, subjects include a brewer, a milkman, a seamstress, a cook, housemaids, a nurse and much more.

Condition:

Boards rubbed at edges, endpaper replaced; some foxing and soiling, margins trimmed (into Suhr's embossed stamp on several plates); very good.

Item#:

230875

Headline:

Rare Costumes of Hamburg 1822 36 color plates
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