TRAJES ASIÁTICOS en Cuarenta y Cuatro Estampas Iluminadas según Dibujos al Natural, con una esplicación para cada una

Rudolph Ackerman, TRAJES ASIÁTICOS en Cuarenta y Cuatro Estampas Iluminadas según Dibujos al Natural, con una esplicación para cada una (Asian costumes, in 44 colour prints drawn from nature with explanatory note for each), London: R. Ackermann, 1828

pp. 88 with 44 hand-coloured plates and 2-page text in Spanish for each plate, captions and chapter titles in English. Complete but with Plate 43 and its text leaf misbound after Plate 16; contemporary half-leather binding
7 x 4 in (17.5 x 10 cm)

Despite its title the book is entirely on India. Precious book of costumes, showing Indian types from Calcutta, with beautifully hand-coloured aquatint plates. During the liberal exile of 1823 - 1834, there were numerous collaborations between the German emigrant publisher Rudolph Ackermann and the Spanish community in London, both for the consumption of the emigrants themselves and for the growing Spanish American market. This book is one such example of the collaboration.

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