WAHLEN (Auguste). - Lot 160

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WAHLEN (Auguste). - Lot 160
WAHLEN (Auguste). Habits, customs and costumes of all the peoples of the world. Brussels, Librairie Historique, 1844. Four volumes large in-8 of: 1) Europe: (2) ff, 361 pp., (1) ff, 41 pl.; Asia: (2) ff, 592 pp., 79 pl.; Africa-America: (2) ff, 365 pp., (1) ff, 38 pl. (of 40); Oceania: (2) ff. 368 pp., 33 pl., contemporary binding in aubergine half-basan leather, spine with elegantly decorated ribbed spine, speckled edges. First edition. Four vignettes and 191 off-text plates of costumes of the world in pretty gummed colours. The existence of additional plates offered to subscribers explains that the number varies according to the copies, the maximum possible, according to the tables of the volumes, being 197 plates, including 12 additional plates (are present here that of America and the seven of Europe). Very nice copy. Back of a slightly faded volume. Colas, 3041.
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