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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| Other title: | Costume historique. English. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English French |
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New York :
Facts on File,
1988.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Dr. Aileen Ribeiro
- The ancient world
- 19th century antique civilizations
- Europe from Byzantium to the 1800s
- Traditional costumes of the 1880s.