[COSTUME - ANTIQUE ENGRAVINGS] (BAUER, CARL JOHANN SIGMUND).

[People of the world: suite of costume engravings]

(Nuremberg). (circa 1830). Stock ID #177597

30 hand-coloured engravings each approx 4.8 x 4.5 cm, laid down in 5 rows beneath a mosaic window mount 54 x 61 cm, each with title text in English, French and German, tape residue affecting one, edgewear and minor loss, but an attractive assemblage in very good condition.

Very attractive suite of single figure costume engravings prepared for the "The Earth and its inhabitants" an educational work for children by Bauer, the German family of globe makers.

Ten of the figures are of European nationalities and twenty are from the Americas, Africa, Asia (including two from Central Asia), the Middle East, and one from Oceania, the leading figure, a New Zealander.

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Price: $600.00 AU

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