| Description |
600 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 x 28 cm |
| Note |
Translated from the Italian. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-48) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Vecellio and his world -- The clothing, ancient and modern, of various parts of the world (1590), / Cesare Vecellio : Discourse on ancient and modern clothing -- Book I: The clothing, customs and habits of all Europe : The clothing of ancient and modern Rome ; The clothing of early Venice and the Veneto ; The clothing of modern Venice and the Veneto ; The clothing of Lombardy ; The clothing of Liguria or Genoa ; The clothing of Tuscany ; The clothing of the kingdom of Naples ; The clothing of kingdom of France ; The clothing of Spain ; The clothing of Germany [including Livonia, Silesia, Danzig, Denmark, Sweden, and Bohemia] ; The clothing of Helvetia [including Prussia, the Low Countries, Hungary, Croatia, Dalmatia, Poland, and Russia] ; The clothing of Flanders ; The clothing of England [including Gotland and Livellandia] ; The clothing of Turkey ; The clothing of Greece -- Book II: The clothing, customs and ways of life of Asia and Africa : Discourse on the clothing, ancient and modern, of Africa and Asia ; The clothing of Caramania ; The clothing of Armenia [including Georgia and Persia] ; The clothing of Syria and Damascus [including the East Indies, Ethiopia, Japan, and China] ; The clothing of Africa -- The clothing, ancient and modern, of the whole world (1598) -- From Book XII The clothing, customs and ways of life of Asia and Africa : the clothing of America. |
| Summary |
From the Publisher: A classic work on costume: an essential reference for anyone interested in costume history, Renaissance studies, theater, and ethnography. |
| Subject |
Clothing and dress -- Early works to 1800.
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Clothing and dress. |
| Chronological Term |
Early works to 1800 |
| Subject |
Clothing and dress -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500.
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Clothing and dress -- History -- To 500.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 500 |
| Subject |
Renaissance -- Early works to 1800.
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Renaissance. |
| Added Author |
Rosenthal, Margaret F.
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Jones, Ann Rosalind.
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| Added Title |
De gli habiti antichi et moderni di diverse parti del mondo. English
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Cesare Vecellio's Habiti Antichi et Moderni |
| ISBN |
9780500514269 hardback |
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0500514267 hardback |
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