Status
Available
Call number
Genres
Collection
Publication
Dover Publications (1962), Edition: Reprint, 352 pages
Description
For over 150 years considered among the finest, most accurate, most useful renderings of authentic costumes from these early civilizations. Carefully copied from ancient vases and statuary, these engravings combine unusual clarity of style with unquestioned authenticity. Over 700 illustrations depict all classes and occupations.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1809
Physical description
352 p.; 8.21 inches
ISBN
0486200213 / 9780486200217
UPC
800759200214
Local notes
A Dover reprint (1962) of Thomas Hope's 1812 Costumes of the Ancients, two volumes bound as one.
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