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[ALEXANDER, William] (1767–1816). The Costume of the Russian Empire. London: printed for W. Miller, 1803 [plates and text watermarked 1811 and 1817]. Folio (356 x 254 mm). Separate titles and text in both English and French. 73 full–page aquatint engravings (J. Whatman watermark) depicting traditional Russian dress by J. Dadley after Georgi (some offsetting to text from plates). Full contemporary red straight grain morocco elaborately framed in blind and gilt scrollwork, flat raised bands with gilt titles, compartments completely tooled in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt turn ins (light rubbing at extreme ends of spine). Provenance: George Cukor (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, later issue of this important and valuable record of the peoples of the Russian Empire during the end of the reign of Empress Catherine the Great and the fourth in the series of costume books issued by William Miller. A BRIGHT COPY. Abbey, Travel, 244.