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[LIVRE DU XVIe SIÈCLE]. [COSTUME]. VECELLIO (Cesare) Habiti antichi, e mod

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[BOOK FROM THE XVIth CENTURY]. [COSTUME]. VECELLIO (Cesare) Habiti antichi, e moderni di tutto il Mondo...
In Venetia, appresso G. B. Sessa, 1598. In-8, [56]-507 f. (sign.
a-g8, A-3R8, 3S3], figs, modern vellum, smooth spine, brown basane title-piece, double gilt fillet on covers (soiling and stains generally sparing the plates, f. 1 &| 2 restored and 1st quire out of order).
Expanded second edition of this important collection of ancient and modern costumes, featuring over 500 full-page woodcut figures with accompanying commentary. The first half of the volume concerns Italy, followed by European countries and the rest of the known world: Africa, Asia, America. Twenty plates show characters from North and South America: they were not included in the first edition.
(Colas 2977| Sabin 98732)