The historical encyclopedia of costume / Albert Racinet ; introduction by Dr. Aileen Ribeiro.

This work condenses Racinet's classic six-volume set, History of World Costume (1876-1888), and translates it into English for the first time. Its text and 2,000 illustrations, most in full color, cover worldwide costumes from ancient Egypt to nineteenth-century Europe--royalty, the working cla...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author:	Racinet, A. (Auguste), 1825-1893
Other title:	Costume historique. English.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English French
Published:	New York : Facts on File, 1988.
Subjects:	Clothing and dress > History. Clothing and dress. Reference works. History.