[ALEXANDER, WILLIAM].

Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Russians.

FIRST EDITION.

London, for John Murray by W. Bulmer, 1814

Complete with 64 hand-colored aquatint plates, each accompanied by a facing leaf of explanatory text.


Original half-morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers

- Colas 2358; Abbey, Travel 244 -


Plates 1–12 depict native peoples of Finnish origin;
plates 13–35 describe Tartar tribes (including Kazan, Tchatska, and Nagai);
plates 36–50 highlight ethnic groups of Siberia and the Far East (Kamchadals, Aleuts, and Kurili);
plates 51-64 detail the diverse Mongolic and Uralic tribes of the empire, including Kalmyks, Buryats, and shamans, before concluding with regional merchants, peasant women, and traditional dress from interior Russian provinces.

Some wear of binding, very good interior condition

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