The Costume of the Inhabitants of Peru

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Lot 64 | The Costume of the Inhabitants of Peru
The Costume of the Inhabitants of Peru
J. Wallis and J. Eddington, 1816
PERU – The Costume of the Inhabitants of Peru. London: J. Wallis and J. Eddington, 1816.

A scarce little book devoted to Peru, re-issuing the plates from Joseph Skinner’s history of that country published in 1805. We locate only one copy in OCLC, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute. Bobins 32.

Quarto (237 x 185mm). Letterpress title-page plus 19 hand-colored engraved plates (only, of 20 or 21; a little soiling). Original printed boards (rebacked, edges worn); modern clamshell box.Wallis, J.
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