Item nr. 144151 Marriage Costumes of Various Nations. R. ACKERMANN.
Marriage Costumes of Various Nations
Marriage Costumes of Various Nations
Marriage Costumes of Various Nations
Marriage Costumes of Various Nations
Marriage Costumes of Various Nations
Marriage Costumes of Various Nations
Marriage Costumes of Various Nations

Marriage Costumes of Various Nations


ACKERMANN, Rudolph. Marriage Costumes of Various Nations. Illustrated with 12 hand-coloured aquatint engravings printed on card stock. Cards measure 120 x 90 mm., loose in the original publisher's glazed gray paper covered slipcase with green printed paper label on top cover and extra plate on the rear cover, preserved in a new grey cloth folding box. London: Ackermann Repository of Arts, [1820].

A rare Ackermann publication. The twelve hand-coloured aquatints illustrate twelve brides and a grooms wearing different wedding costumes based on local traditions from regions throughout Europe: Austrians, Poles, Spaniards, Scottish, Turks, Russians, Italians, Swiss, Africans, Illyrians, Hungarians and Styrians. They are nicely executed and the colours are fresh and bright. Fine in the original box.

Not found in Tooley, Abbey, Hardie, Lipperheide, Colas or Hiler.

Item nr. 144151
Price: $2,500.00

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