Author: John Aspin [Jehoshaphat Aspin]
Title: Cosmorama: The Manners, Customs, and Costumes of All Nations of the World
Description: London, Grant and Griffith, 1834 . Leather. A bright copy of Aspin's richly illustrated nineteenth century study of clothing, culture and customs around the globe. Illustrated with twenty five plates, each featuring two engravings. Collated, complete.A smart 'New Edition' of poet and social commentator Jehoshaphat Aspin's studies of the 'Manners, Customs, and Costumes of all Nations of the World', beginning with 'the Danes' and concluding with the Sandwich islands.Undated; dated 1834 via WorldCat.With sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. Rebound in full calf, with endpapers renewed. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Inscription to recto of frontispiece. Pages lightly age toned, with light handling marks and spotting throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Jehoshaphat Aspin social commentary world history culture social commentary Not Stated


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