Beauty's Costume:

£500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

A charming work depicting twelve female beauties, each depicted in costume, such as ancient Egyptian, Milanese, Turkish, Persian, Scottish, etc., within framed borders and with delicate backgrounds. First edition; 4to (28.5 x 22 cm); 12 hand-coloured engraved plates, heightened in gum arabic, a touch of offsetting otherwise clean internally; later quarter morocco retaining original blind-stamped silk boards, gilt title stamped to upper board, gilt spine repaired to head, all edges gilt, extremities a little rubbed and bumped, otherwise a very good copy; [14]pp. Colas 1398; Lipperheide 66.

• Binding: Hardcover

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