LEONHARDI (Friedrich Gottlob). Costumes of all known peoples; with a brief notice of their manners and religions. Leipzig: Au comptoir d'industrie, [1803-1804]. -In-4, 195 x 163: (1 f.), 18 pp. 40 plates. Demi-basane with corners, smooth spine decorated, speckled edges (period binding). Colas, I, 1834. First French edition of this collection of costumes. It is an abridgement of the work published in 1798 by Leonhardi (1757-1814), professor of economics at the University of Leipzig, which included 122 plates. This volume, published in Year XII (1803-1804), as attested by that year's Journal général de la littérature étrangère, contains 40 plates of costumes in color, relating to 31 nations. According to the Journal général: "several costumes have been omitted here, so that the text does not always agree with the plates, which are moreover illuminated with greater care than those in the German edition." A second volume, also with 40 plates, appeared the following year. A good copy in contemporary binding. Some rubbing and spotting, minor worm damage to one hinge, corners slightly dulled. One freckle on pages 11 to 16. Provenance: J. B. Powis, with armorial bookplate.