Bande dessinée

1956 · 830J14 — Budapest: Akademiai Kiado 1956. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 13.5" by 10". Not Stated. A beautifully illustrated scarce work on the history of Hungarian peasant dress by Kresz Maria in the original Hungarian. A fascinating work on the history of Hungarian peasant clothing in the original Hungarian. Complete in two volumes. One volume contains the text and in-text illustrations and the second volume contains ninety-six beautifully illustrated plates in colour.Plate volume is disbound as issued.Collated and complete.Including chapters on different types of peasant clothing through Hungary's history different textiles and materials including linen outerwear canvas hair styles footwear factory materials and more and the effect of social economic and cultural changes to peasant clothing. Written by Maria Kresz a noted Hungarian ethnographer and historian. Her main areas of study included folk ceramics folk costumes folk art and textiles. Kresz received the Gold Degree of Labor Order Merit in 1981 and the Memorial Medal of Istvan Gyoffry of the Hungarian Ethnographic Society in 1985 for her contributions to these fields of academia.A scarce to find work. In the original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper covered boards. Externally very smart with just some light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and extremities. A few small marks to the boards. Plate volume is disbound as issued. Internally firmly bound. The odd spot to the pages and plates which are otherwise bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Akademiai Kiado hardcover