Blätter für Kostümkunde: Historische und Volks-Trachten nach Authentischen Trachten in Stahl gestochen von verschiedenen Künstlern (Erstes Heft; 1.-12. Blatt)
Berlin: Franz Lipperheide, 1874. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 14pp, including title and index page. Period half-cloth over paper-covered boards protected by mylar jacket. Illustrated with hand-colored annotated chromolithographs of traditional costumes from 900 A.D. - 1834. Costumes shown are from Germany, Russia, Egypt, England, Austria, France, Spain, Italy, St. Helena, Denmark, Greece, Holland, Norway, Switzerland, Poland, Sweden, Peru, Greenland, Romania, Hungary, Turkey, Scotland & Portugal. Bookplate of Baroness Rothschild, whose birth name was Veronika Henckel von Donnersmarck (* see below), on inside of front board. Bookplate is a white and red embossed cartouche with the Rothschild family crest. Age wear on binding. Hinges starting. Sporadic finger smudges to margins of some pages not affecting plates. Text in German. Published in 4 volumes between 1876-1891, ours being Vol. I. Binding in good-, interior in overall very good condition. Delightful publication with chromolithographs in stunning colors. vg. Item #21610
* Veronika Henckel von Donnersmarck was the wife of Erich von Goldschmidt Rothschild. Erich was the son of Max von Goldschmidt whose marriage to Minna von Rothschild led to the combining and creation of the double name Goldschmidt-Rothschild.
Price: $275.00