Le Costume ancien et moderne ; ou, Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la religion, des arts, sciences et usages de tous les peuples anciens et modernes, d'après les monumens de l'antiquité et accompagné de dessins analogues au sujet
Giulio Ferrario's multi-volume costume and customs encyclopedia, issued in Milan from 1815 for European scholars and collectors of world ethnography. Hand-colored engraved plates show Indigenous American figures in landscapes—warriors with bows, spears and tomahawks, ceremonial gatherings, body paint and feathered headdresses—useful for figure groupings, period dress detail, and soft washed backgrounds of hills, palms and huts.
