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Deutliche Vorstellung der Nürnbergischen Trachten in Kupfer gestochen mit feinen Farben erleuchtet und anjetso mit den nothigsten Erklärungen kürzlich versehen

Luiken, Caspar, 1672-1708 · 1766 · Nürnberg : bey Johann David Tyroff, Christoph Weigels des ältern sel Erb. · 21 pictures

A costume book printed at Nuremberg in 1766 by Johann David Tyroff and the heirs of Christoph Weigel, reissuing Caspar Luiken's copperplate series of Nuremberg dress for a general audience of collectors and readers. The four plates show standing figures in full length against plain landscape or townscape backdrops, with hand-coloured clothing in red, green, black and pink and German captions beneath; one plate is a pale uncoloured wash. A designer might take the costume silhouettes, layered coats, collars and hats as a reference for period figure types.

Costume · Engraving

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