"The costume of the original inhabitants of the British Islands... London: W. Bulmer, 1815" 

Size: Large Quarto (36 x 26cm)

Collation: [4], 59pp, plus 24 aquatints in text (Complete). 

This is a beautiful colour plate book from 1815 on Celts, Picts, Romans and Druids of the British Isles. The 24 stunning Hand coloured Aquatints were produced by Robert Havell, who went on to produce the plates for the celebrated Birds of America. It would have been an expensive book in its day and was published on thick paper to a high standard. Alongside the beautiful images of Irish, Scottish and English inhabitants, the book also includes a beautiful plate of Stonehenge during a Pagan festival. It is in it's original publishers binding (some wear and marks but overall good condition) with gold leaf to the page edges, and the interior is excellent, apart from some slight toning and mild lower staining to the last text pages, and free from foxing.