The costume of the Russian Army / from a collection of drawings made on the spot, and now in possession of the Right Honourable the Earl [sic] of Kinnaird. Containing a portrait of His Majesty the emperor of all the Russias.

Date:
1807
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London : Published by Edward Orme, printseller to the King, engraver and publisher... Printed by J. Hayes... Westminster, 1807.

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2 unnumbered leaves, 9 color plates frontispiece (including port.) ; (folio)

Notes

Dedication over the name Edward Orme
Front. engraved by Godby, London, after Pinchon in Russia, signed in the plate
Colored lithograph on upper cover
"Les dessins de ces planches sont peut-être l'oeuvre de G. [sic] Orlowski"-cf. Bibliographie générale du costume et de la mode, by René Colas, v.1, col. 259-260, item 735. Cf. also Bibliography of costume, by Hilaire Hiler, p.191. Not in Bibliotheca historico-militaris, by Johann Pohler; cf. v.3, p.554.
Copy 1 Note: Bound with: Military. The military costume of Turkey. 1818.

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