Moeurs, usages et costumes de tous les peuples du monde, d'après des documents authentiques et les voyages les plus récents [...].

4 vol., 8vo; 211 (of 212) pl. (occ. foxing, soiled flyleafs).

Contemp. green orn. leather signed L. Hulpiau, gilt-orn. flat spines, reps endpapers, a.e.g. (rubbed, corners def., one head loosening).

First edition of this monumental work of 19th-c. Belgian book printing, describing the habits and costumes of all the peoples in the world. These 4 volumes are richly illustrated with 211 (of 212) hand-coloured plates, and partly heightened with gum, by artists such as Duverger, Doms, Mercier, Vermorcken, Pannemacker etc.: 83 (of 84) pl. on Asia, 36 pl. on Oceania, 49 pl. on Europe and 43 pl. on Africa and America. With 4 diff. title vignettes (all hand-coloured).
Ref. Van der Marck, pp. 154-155. - Chadenat 1507. - Colas 3041.