[...] displayed in fifty colored engravings; with descriptions, and an introduction, by M. Bertrand de Moleville. Translated by R. C. Dallas, Esq. COSTUMES DES ÉTATS HÉRÉDITAIRES DE LA MAISON D’AUTRICHE, consistant en cinquante gravures coloriées; dont les description [sic], ainsi que l’introduction, ont été rédigées par M. Bertrand de Moleville. London, printed for William Miller, Old-Bond Street; by William Bulmer and Co. Cleveland Row, St-James?s, 1804. In fólio de 37x26 cm. com [iv], xxviii, 50 gravuras aguas-tintas coloridas todas acompanhas com uma folha com a explicação. Encadernação da época inteira de marroquim verde com ferros a ouro nas pastas.  First edition. leather_bound. 50 hand-colored aquatint plates, two title pages in French and English with text describing the individual plates also in both languages. English text translated by R.C. Dallas, the commentary on the ethnic background of the varied populace of the Austro-Hungarian Empire reflect the social and racial prejudices of the time.