Habiti Antichi et Moderni (1590) — Cesare Vecellio
The Degli Habiti antichi et moderni di Diverse Parti del Mondo, libri due fatti da Cesare Vecellio, et con discorsi da lui dichiarati (1590) by Cesare Vecellio (1521–1601) is a large work of over four hundred illustrations of how people from all over the world dressed (or were thought or perceived to dress) in the late 1500s.
Around one hundred of the illustrations are of Venetian dresses. Most of the rest are European, but there are images of Turks, Indians, Chinese, Japanese, Egyptians, Ethiopians and even indigenous Americans too.
The title means On the ancient and modern Dress from Various Parts of the World, two books made by Cesare Vecellio, with an introduction by himself.
The first edition was followed by a second, with more illustrations, in 1598, and two other posthumous editions.
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