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The Costume, manners, and peculiarities of different inhabitants of the globe : calculated to instruct and amuse the little folks of all countries.

Accession number
PML 87265
Published
London : John Harris, Corner of St. Paul's Church-yard, [not before 1825]
Credit line
Gift; Miss Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
In verse.
Sixteen half-page wood-engravings in text, hand-colored, with poetic captions satirizing the customs and dress of Europeans, Asians, Indigenous peoples of North and South America, and people of color.
Publisher's advertisement, listing 53 items in series, of which this is no. 23, on verso of last leaf.
Watermark, leaf 3, 1825.
Description
[1], 16, [1] leaves : col. ill (wood engravings) ; 18 cm.
Provenance
Signature on t.p.: Margaret Elizabeth Aspling; from the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Publisher's printed buff wrappers..
Classification
Department