| Description |
320 pages : color illustrations ; 34 cm |
| Note |
Translation of: Le costume historique. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Ancient world -- 19th Century antique civilizations -- Europe three - Europe from byzantium to the 1800s -- Traditional costumes of the 1880s. |
| Summary |
This work condenses Racinet's classic six-volume set, History of World Costume (1876-1888), and translates it into English for the first time. Its text and 2,000 illustrations, most in full color, cover worldwide costumes from ancient Egypt to nineteenth-century Europe--royalty, the working class, soldiers, and the poor. High school libraries should consider acquiring this volume. |
| Subject |
Clothing and dress -- History.
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| Added Title |
Costume historique. English
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| ISBN |
0816019762: $40.00 |
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