Author: GREEVEN, H.- Costume.- Buffa.- 1828.-
Title: Collection des costumes des provinces septentrionales dy Royaume des Pays Bas ...Verzameling der kleederdragten in de Nordelijke provincien van het Koningrijk der Nederlanden naar het leven geteekend door H. Greeven, op steen gebragt door Vallon de Villeneuve.
Description: Amsterdam, Frans Buffa et Zoonen, Kalverstraat no 221, 1828. 4to. W. lith title and 20 col. lith. pls. Contemp. half clf., spine ends some dam. Landwehr col. pl. books, 289: '20 carefully coloured lithographic plates each with the address of Engelmann, Paris and Buffa & Fils, Amsterdam. Each plate with a description in French, verso in English, while the captions are in French and Dutch.': Colas, 1131: Lipperheide Gr 48: Scheen I, 397 (Greeven): Thieme Becker X, 543 (Engelmann): Went to Munich in July 1814 to study the art of lithography under supervision of Alois Senefelder and opened one of the earliest lithographic workshops in Paris. With his son Godfrey he invented and perfected the process of chromolithography.

Keywords: illustrated colour W50Folio