COSTUME PLATES -- COLLECTION of plates taken from Ferrario's Le costume ancien et moderne ou histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la religion, des arts, (…): Amerique. 2ème vol. & Il costume antico e moderno o storia del governo, della milizia, della religione, delle arti, (etc.): America. (c. 1818-27). 2 vols. W. 2 text fragments (393-568 pp. & 435-538 pp.) & tog. 25 handcold. aquatints showing images from the (colonial) Antille Islands. No binds. (Vol. 1: right margin (water-)stained, partially repaired w. Japanese tape, yellowing; vol. 2: some yellowing but mostly clean, espec. the images).