Racinet's Full-Color Pictorial History of Western Costume: With 92 Plates Showing Over 950 Authentic Costumes from the Middle Ages to 1800

Racinet's Full-Color Pictorial History of Western Costume: With 92 Plates Showing Over 950 Authentic Costumes from the Middle Ages to 1800 by Racinet, Auguste. paperback edition. ISBN: 0800759254644.

Superb royalty-free plates from rare original edition of famed sourcebook depicts suits of armor from the Middle Ages, floor-length capes and striped tights of the Renaissance, the high-waisted Empire look of the Napoleonic era and much more. Includes military, civil, and religious garb from France, Spain, Italy, Holland, Germany, Scotland, Russia, and Poland.