Gallery of Late-Seventeenth-Century Costume and their proper use and

and their proper use and care

"Absolutely wonderful

social well-being

Portrayed in the manner of stylized Japanese art

and elegant proofs

Gallery of Late-Seventeenth-Century Costume and their proper use andThis volume reprints the celebrated collection of costume plates created in 1694 by noted 17th century Dutch engraver Caspar Luyken. Executed with remarkable finesse, the superb illustrations depict a wide range of social classes: royalty, courtesans, merchants, laborers, military officers, ladies, gentlemen, soldiers, and a host of other figures representing varied races and countries. (A number of the subjects were drawn in their everyday milieu.)