Title page to Volume 2 Book 1 from Robert Spallart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity"


Title page to Volume 2 Book 1 from the series. The title reads "Versuch uber das Kostum der vorzuglichsten Volker des Alterthums, des Mittelalters und der neuern Zeiten." Copperplate calligraphic title with vignette showing two naked boys decorating a bust with a laurel wreath. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the New Ages" (1796).


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