31, [1] p., [2] facsimile t.-pl. (1 on vellum), publisher's dedic., 20 facsimile leaves of text, [19] facsimile pl. ; 34 cm. (4°).
General Note
Includes Franco's original text translated into French, German and English, printed on 31 octavo pages (inlaid to size in present copy) with title-page reading: '(Édition de 100 exemplaires). Costumes des femmes venitiennes gravés sur cuivre par Jacques Franco = Venezianer Frauen-Trachten = Costumes of Venetian ladies. Venise Ferd. Ongania succ. de Münster éditeur 1877'.
Illustrated title-pages (views of Venice); 1st t.-p. printed on vellum.
"Fac-simile eliotipico della stampa originale esistente al Museo Correr di Venezia. 1. edizione di soli 100 esemplari. Venezia, 1876 ... n. 57."
Provenance
Purchased for the RA Library in 1877.
Binding Note
19th-century half burgundy morocco, marbled paper boards, spine direct-lettered in gilt between raised bands with title, date of publication ('1877') and 'R.A.' at tail; top-edge gilt; marbled endpapers to match boards. Bound (2) with the facsimile edition of Franco's Habiti d'huomeni et donne venetiane ... [Venezia: F. Ongania, 1876].