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GROUPING OF 36 handcolored aquatint engravings, sheet size 14 x 10 inches from "Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Austrians" by William Alexander. Light indentation at upper edge of sheet from vintage paperclip and two small (1/2 inch) squares of adhesive residue at upper corners on verso of sheet - neither affecting the image area in any way - overall very good, clean and bright condition. There were 50 plates in the original publication; present here are plates:

2. A Countrywoman of Upper Austria.

3. A Village Girl of Upper Austria carrying Milk to Market.

4. A Peasant of Upper Carniola.

5. A Peasant of Upper Carniola in his Summer Dress.

6. A Countrywoman of Upper Carniola in her Summer Dress. (no text sheet)

7. A Country Girl of Upper Carniola in her Holiday Clothes. (no text sheet)

8. A Peasant of Upper Carniola in his Winter Dress.

9. A Countrywoman of Upper Carniola in her Winter Dress.

10. A Tyrolian Wrestler.

11. A Tyrolian Hunter.

12. A Servant Maid of an Inn at Inspruck.

13. Peasants of the Neighbourhood of Inspruck. (no text sheet)

15. A Hungarian Countrywoman.

16. A Sclavonian Peasant of the County of Neutra, or Neytra.

17. A Sclavonian Country Girl, of the County of Neutra.

20. A Young Bride of Egra in her Wedding Clothes.

21. Peasants of Egra in their Summer Clothes.

23. A Bohemian Woman.

25. A Countrywoman of Flipovan, in the Bukowine.

26. Countrywomen of the Neighbourhood of Hermenstadt, in Transylvania.

29. Citizens of the Environs of Hermenstadt.

30. Croatian Women.

32. A Polish Jewess.

36. A Zouppanese and his Wife.

37. A Man and Woman of Risano, in the Country of Cattaro.

39. A Serethian.

40. A Pandour, or Red Mantle.

41. A Moravian Mountaineer, near the Confines of Hungary. (no text sheet)

42. A Countrywoman of the Mountains of Moravia.

44. A Countrywoman of the Lowlands of Moravia in her Summer Dress.

45. An Inhabitant of the Lowlands of Moravia in his Winter Chothes.

46. A Countrywoman of the Lowlands of Moravia in her Winter Dress.

47. An Hannachian Woman.

48. A Russniac Peasant of the Palatinate of Marmoros.

49. A Russniac Woman of the Palatinate of Marmoros.

50. A Blacksmith of Upper Austria. Item #50799

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