77/2751 [Russia]. The Costume of the Russian Empire, illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings. London, W. Miller, 1803, (18) (introd./ index)p., 73 handcol. stipple-engr. plates, each w. accomp. text leaf in English and French (1st plate bound before title), contemp. richly gilt and blindst. panelled burgundy morocco, a.e.g., folio.

- First and final blanks sl. foxed and yellowed; some sl. offsetting from plates on opposite lvs. Binding trifle rubbed along extremities. A fine and splendidly bound copy.

= Cat. (...) des Russica 1187; Lipperheide Kaa 18; Colas 702; Hiler p.192; Abbey, Travel 244. The fine plates are based on those in J.G. GEORGI, Beschreibung aller Nationen des Russischen Reichs (...) (St. Petersburg, 1776-1780), but slightly enlarged. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CX.