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370 x 270 mm. (14 1/2 x 10 1/2"). Seven volumes. Uniformly bound in stately contemporary dark burgundy straight-grain morocco, covers with gilt palmette-and-wheat-sheaf border, inner frame of blind-stamped grapevine, raised bands, spine compartments densely gilt with repeating botanical tools, gilt lettering, gilt-rolled turn-ins, all edges gilt. Two engraved titles with hand-colored vignettes (not included in plate count) and 356 FULL-PAGE HAND-COLORED PLATES FEATURING COSTUMES, OCCUPATIONS, AND SOCIAL INTERACTION OF VARIOUS NATIONS. Volume I-III, V, and VI with text in French as well as English. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn. Abbey Life 430; Abbey Travel 71, 244, 370, 373, 532, 533. Joints and extremities lightly rubbed, one board with a couple of faint scratches, two rear boards with neat older repairs to short tears at tail edge, but the bindings quite sound and most attractive on the shelf. Flyleaves a little foxed, minor offsetting from plates to text leaves (occasionally more pronounced, but never offensive), isolated minor marginal foxing to plates, otherwise very fine, WITH CLEAN, BRIGHT PLATES. This is a collection of major early 19th century color plate books with well-drawn and richly-colored engravings, in bindings that make a handsome appearance on the shelf. All of these works have appealing plates where the costumes of the various social strata are carefully and colorfully delineated. And two of the volumes--those showing British costumes and the book on Chinese punishments--contain, in addition, a good deal of diverting background detail that serves as a revealing context for each of the costumes depicted. The content of each of the volumes is worth noting. With a few exceptions, the plates in the "Costumes of China" portray ordinary working-class men and women toiling at their trades. We see a bookseller with his wares spread out on a mat, women sewing and embroidering, a butcher, a fisher, a barber, a man with a "magic lantern" show, and a "man striking a small gong during an eclipse" (an ancient ritual that the author tells us he was privileged to witness on 17 November 1789). The "Punishments of China" volume is filled with (almost gleefully) painful depictions of all degrees of disciplinary action, from the relatively minor twisting of the ears or chaining to an iron pole, to the humiliating ordeal of the wooden collar, to methods of execution by beheading or by crucifixion using a cord. The opulent and brightly colored costumes in Dalvimart's volume on Turkey are mostly those of the ruling classes, although also represented is a wide variety of native dress from the many regions of the vast Turkish empire of the day, which included Bosnia, Albania, Syria, Egypt, and parts of Greece. It is particularly interesting to contrast the clothing of the very heavily veiled Turkish and Egyptian women with the much more relaxed style of the Greek women and the nearly immodest garb of the female Bedouin. We also are shown a eunuch, an odalisque from the harem, a grand vizier, various royal functionaries, and government officials, all splendidly attired. The Russian costumes, based on engravings done by C. W. Müller at the request of Empress Catherine the Great, are focused on the ethnic dress of the empire's many holdings. The Laplanders and Finns wear clothing that would look familiar to most Europeans, but the Mongols in their Oriental dress would be quite exotic. The clothing of the northern tribes, such as the Kamchatkans, Aleutians, Koriaks, and Tungoosi, will impress the modern reader with their similarity to the traditional dress of Native American and First Nation peoples. The Tchutski woman is even depicted naked to display her tattoos. Bertrand de Moleville's Austrian costumes also illustrate the native dress of the empire's citizens, but the illustrations here are less fashion plates than romanticized scenes: peasant couples are shown courting.

Very good. Backed with thick paper by a 19th century binder; Wear at juncture of folds with very slight loss. Original outline color. Size 20.5 x 23.75 Inches. This is an 1820 Johann Walch map of Italy, issued during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). Although initially issued in 1803, the map underwent regular updates due to the tumultuous political changes over the subsequent decades. This 1820 example is the last edition, published by Johann Sebastian, Walch's heir, likely as a separate issue. A Closer Look Embracing Italy and environs, the map reaches as far north as Lake Geneva in Switzerland, thus revealing part of France and the southern extents of Germany. The Dalmatian coast and Albania are included as far south as the islands of Cefalonia and Zante. Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily are included in full. Part of the Tunisian coast appears in the extreme south, and the island of Malta intrudes on the bottom border. Scales of miles appear in the lower right, with an elegant oval cartouche containing titles in Italian and German. In the lower left are two legends: one uses a color key to identify political regions, and the other a numerical key to identify the provinces of the Kingdom of Naples. Tracking Big Changes The title ('Map of Italy, according to the Present Constitution') refers to the constitution of the 1802-1805 Italian Republic, successor to the Napoleonic Cisalpine Republic. The 1803 map possessed a key in the lower left marking territories controlled by France, Austria, the Italian Republic, the Ligurian Republic, the Republic of Lucca, the Kingdom of Etruria, the Papal States, and the Kingdom of Naples. The borders thus delineated reflect a very brief period. (Etruria would not last beyond 1807, for example.) The entities highlighted in the current 1820 map are very different. France and Austria are off the list, and the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia is named as a crown land of the Austrian Empire. The largest change is in the delineation of the Kingdom of Naples, which has borders consistent with the 1816 unification of Naples and Sicily. Publication History and Census This map was first published by Johann Walch in Augsburg in 1803 for inclusion in his Allgemeiner Atlas . We are aware of editions dated 1806, 1811, 1818, and 1820. Most of these separate maps are cataloged in a few examples. This 1820 state is listed in only four institutional collections. References: OCLC 806980754.

Good. Few marginal mends; re-cornered at upper left with some manuscript reinstatement of lower right hand corner. Else very good with superb hand color. Size 19.25 x 28 Inches. This is a separately-issued 1732 Guillaume Danet map of Asia. It is a synthesis of the most advanced cartographic ideas of the age, including from piracies of Strahlenberg's stolen cartography. A Closer Look While drawing on the decorative tradition of mapmaking exemplified by Danet's father-in-law De Fer, the map's geographical information reflects the work of another great Parisian mapmaker, Guillaume De l'Isle (1675 - 1726). Danet's map is not a slavish copy of De l'Isle: the Parisian's mapping of Asia, as late as 1723, still relied on Nicolaes Witsen's cartography. Danet instead draws on Strahlenberg's cartography - in fact, relying on the versions of that unfortunate cartographer's lost first map that preceded his return to Europe from captivity in Russia. Scope of the Map The map spans from the Arabian Peninsula to the Kuril Islands as found by Maerten de Vries and from Nova Zembla to Java. Danet's map draws heavily on Guillaume De L'Isle's 1720 map of Asia, particularly for the points from 45 degrees north and below. This is particularly apparent in the mapping of the Caspian Sea and the areas farther east. The delineation of Japan and the naming of the Sea of Korea can also be ascribed to De l'Isle. Strahlenberg's Lost Map Danet's treatment of Kamchatka and the Asian northeast does not derive from De l'Isle, but from the work of Philipp Johann Strahlenberg, based upon his own travels and his translation of Abu Al-Ghazi Bahadur's Genealogical History of the Tartars . Moreover, the delineations here do not resemble Strahlenberg's revised 1730 work but Otten's iteration (circa 1726 - 1730) based on Strahlenberg's stolen and, after that, plagiarized 1715 map of central and northeastern Asia. The text annotations appearing here on the Chuchki Peninsula, the North Pacific islands, and Kamchatka are closely paraphrased from the Ottens P. Virtually all cartographic elements north and east of Lake Baikal can be traced via Ottens to Strahlenberg. Although Kamchatka remains conflated with Hokkaido (Yesso), the map does name Russian colonies. Just off the coast of Kamchatka, there are several speculative island groups, including Terre da la Compagnie, a mismapping of the Japanese Kuril Islands Kunashir and Iturup (Terre de la Compagnie) based upon the 1643 explorations of Dutch navigators Maerten de Vries and Cornelis Jansz Coen. These last do not appear on the derivatives of Strahlenberg's first map. While they do appear on De l'Isle's maps, they do not do so in the form presented here (with an oblong Terre de Compagnie ). Richly Decorative, and Communicative The map's engraving is evocative and attractive. The borders are embellished with a stylized shell motif, interspersed with thirty-nine armorial medallions. These represent Asian empires and cities. Most of those referenced are Japanese and include the arms ( mon ) of Japanese noble houses. These latter are derived from the 1715 Adriaan Reland map of Japan. The allegorical title cartouche evokes the exoticism of the East. The cartouche frame is intertwined with vines, possibly intended to be nutmeg, but certainly a spice-bearing plant. A seated woman in silks, bearing a scepter topped with a crescent and holding a laurel branch, represents Asia. A camel and an elephant - or perhaps just an elephant head - accompany her. At her feet are books filled with unintelligible scribble, possibly a European impression of Chinese. The cartouche is surmounted with a smoking incense burner. Flying into view from the left (thanks to his winged helmet and sandals) is Mercury, the messenger of the gods and patron of commercial enterprises. He bears not only his cadeuceus but the royal arms of France, which he points at with his free hand. The French, this says, should benefit from the India trade. Publication Histor.

Very good. Few marginal mends away from printed area; two minor irregularities in paper reinforced. Else excellent with generous margins. Size 19 x 27.25 Inches. This is a scarce, separately-issued 1731 Guillaume Danet map of America. The map combines the cartographic innovation of Guillaume De L'Isle with the decorative flourishes of Nicholas De Fer. A Closer Look While drawing on the decorative tradition of mapmaking exemplified by Danet's father-in-law De Fer, the map's geographical information reflects the work of another great Parisian mapmaker, Guillaume De L'Isle. California appears as part of the mainland, the Great Lakes are illustrated and named, and the Mississippi River is depicted with its mouth in the correct location. New Orleans is labeled, which indicates that the De L'Isle map used as reference postdated 1718. A Decorative Engraving While the geography of the map is derived from the state-of-the-art work of De L'Isle, this map does not share that mapmaker's Spartan aesthetic. The border is embellished with fleurs-de-lis in the corners. Eighteen medallions bear portraits of famous explorers. Another nine display the heraldry of French, Spanish, and Portuguese colonies. The signs of the Zodiac occupy the left and right sides. The cartouche is surmounted by the French Royal Arms, flanked by two angelic figures. At the base of the cartouche are two figures: on the left (bearing a caduceus and with bundles of goods strewn about his feet) is Mercury, the divine patron of communication and trade; to the right (with a feathered headdress and a massive club) is an avatar of America. His feet rest on a bow and arrow and an exceedingly tolerant alligator, perhaps a symbol of the friendliness of the natives. Publication History and Census This map was engraved by Jan L'Huillier on behalf of Guillaume Danet for separate publication in 1731. The same engraver produced similar maps of the other continents for Danet, perhaps intended to be a set. The example in the Bibliothèque National de France retains a portion of text in the cartouche naming L'Huillier as the engraver. In the present example, this line has been fully excised. Between the partial erasure of the line on the BNF example and its complete erasure on ours, we suspect there to be two prior states. We are aware of two further states: one under the imprint of Desbois was printed in 1751; and a more fully amended 1766 Desnos edition. We see two examples of the 1731 2nd state only in the Bibliothèque National de France. The amended 1766 Desnos edition is similarly rare. Examples of the present map have appeared on the market from time to time over the past forty years. References: OCLC 921739460 (earlier state).