Omnium fere gentium, nostraeq́[ue] aetatis nationum, habitus & effigies : in eosdem Ioannis Herzenlensis Sluperij epigrammata : adiecta ad singulas icones Gallica tetrasticha.

Recueil de la diversité des habits.

Antuerpiae : Apud Ioannem Bellerum sub aquila aurea, MDLXXII [1572]

16 p., 17-135 [i.e. 136] leaves : ill. (woodcuts) ; 16 cm (8vo)

The French quatrains are by François Desprez; the Latin epigrams (added in this edition) by Jacobus Sluperius; ill. recut by Antoon van Leest.

Colophon: Ioanni Bellero excudebat Aegidius Radaeus Antuerpiae anno 1572.

Signatures: A-Q⁸.

Number 120 repeated in foliation.

121 woodcuts of figures in costume; each cut is accompanied by verses in Latin and French. Title and all text and illustrations within woodcut borders.

Includes index.

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992-1993. New World of Wonders (catalog entry 13)

Murray, C.F. French books, 479
Lipperheidesche Kostümbibliothek (2. Aufl.) Aa10
Bib. Belgica V, 165

Belgium -- Antwerp.

GT513 .S6 1572 Cage

In limp vellum with remains of ties. Woodcuts on leaves 65 and 83 hand colored (duplicates of both leaves tipped in).

Imperfect: Leaves H4,5 wanting.