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[MILITARY COSTUMES - CENTRAL EUROPE].Biblio.com
Portraits des Hongrois des Pandoures ou Croates des Waradins ou Esclavoniens et des Ulans &c. Qui sont au services de SS. MM. l'Empereur & le Roi de Prusse. . Afbeelding van de Hongaren Panduuren of Croaten Waradynen of Slavoniers Ulanen &c. Die in dienst zyn van Zyn Keyzerlyke Majesteit en van Zyn Majesteit de Koning van Pruyssen. .
1787ABC_49498The Netherlands The Hague 1787. 8vo. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers sewn through 4 holes. Kept in a custom burgundy cloth case with a leather label on the spine lettered in gold. With 6 full-page numbered engraved plates vividly coloured by a contemporary hand. 16 pp. Second copy located of the second edition of an extremely rare work on 18th-century Central European military costumes. The work was first published in folio format in The Hague in 1742 with the title referring to the Central European soldiers in the service of the "Queen of Hungary" meaning Maria Theresa 1717-1780 ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1740 until 1780 and the "King of Prussia" meaning Frederick II the Great in/of Prussia 1712-1786. The title of the present second edition refers to the "Emperor" and the "King of Prussia" most likely meaning Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II r. 1780-1790 and either King Frederick II r. 1740-1786 or King Frederick William II r. 1786-1797. Thus the second edition was probably published after 1780 and possibly in 1787. Two English/French editions were published in 1742 and 1743 in "London" possibly meaning The Hague by Guillaume Meyer.The present copy contains 6 beautifully contemporary hand-coloured engravings of Central Europeans in their military costumes. They show: 1. Hallas Peter a Colonel of a corps of Hungarian nobles on horseback; 2. Captain of the Croats; 3. a Croat soldier; 4. a Slavonian from a historical region in present-day Croatia; 5. an officer of the Ulans also Uhlans originally Lithuanian irregular cavalry later generally meaning a lancer in service of the King of Prussia; 6. ordinary Ulan a lancer.With the book plate of F.C. Koch on the inside of the front wrapper. Wrappers slightly frayed and slightly faded minor foxing throughout the title page is slightly browned. Otherwise in very good condition.l STCN 240071050 1 copy; WorldCat 894593905 1 copy same as STCN; cf. for the first edition: Lipperheide 2224; Colas 2410. ABE CAT Costumes & Uniforms hardcover
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