Battle costume of a Circassian warrior. In helmet with chainmail hood, tunic and kilt, greaves and shoes, armed with bow, quiver and sword. Circassie, Guerrier au combat. After illustrations by Julius Klaproth and Jean Francois Gamba. Mislabeled Kalmouk (Kalmyk). Handcoloured stipple engraving on steel by Choubard after an illustration by Ferdinand Wachsmuth from Collection de portraits et costumes des differens peuples qui habitent les cinq parties du monde, Armand-Aubree, Paris, 1837.

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