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First edition of this "rare collection composed of 60 numbered plates". (Brunet, I, 815). Vinet 2085 ; Rahir 229 ; Cicognara 1588 ; Lipperheide 2. "A very rare volume"(Vinet, Bibliographie méthodique et raisonnée des Beaux-arts). "Collection of copper-engraved costumes by Ferdinand Bertellius. The volume includes an ornate engraved title and 60 numbered plates of men's and women's costumes." "Almost unknown first edition of this famous work. The plates are larger than those of later editions, measuring 104 x 154 mm, 118 x 156 mm, 98 x 152 mm, while later plates are only about half as large." "A precious collection of 60 plates. Ordinary copies are dated 1569". Colas mentions 1 engraved title and 64 copper-engraved plates, numbered 1 to 60. The collection actually contains 1 title and 60 plates, with some copies containing plates "without numbers that do not belong to this suite." Brunet. These plates, measuring approximately 155 x 105 mm, each depict a male or female figure in a frame. A wooden panel suspended from the branch of a shrub bears the caption. The engravings illustrate the "Renaissance" fashions of the Italian peninsula, Spain, Germany, Slavonia and France, as well as Turkey, Ethiopia and the countries bordering the Mediterranean. A beautiful wide-margined copy.