CIVIL COSTUME OF ENGLAND, drawn by Charles Martin, etched by Leopold Martin

Charles Martin.
CIVIL COSTUME OF ENGLAND FROM THE CONQUEST TO THE PRESENT PERIOD.
1842, London, Henry G. Bohn,
quarto, 10 x 12-1/2"
First edition

"drawn by Charles Martin from Tapestry, Illuminated MSS, Monumental Effigies, Portraits &c
"etched by Leopold Martin"

Hand-colored engraved title plus sixty hand-colored engraved plates, most heightened with gold.

Original reddish-brown blind-stamped cloth centering the book title in splendid gold adaptation of the British Arms. (spine lacking; shaken;
un-restored original condition)....................................................................... $ 650.