Cosmorama (Classic Reprint): The Manners, Customs, and Costumes of All Nations of the World, Described - Couverture souple

Aspin, Jehoshaphat

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1333864817 ISBN 13 : 9781333864811

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover how people across the world once lived, dressed, and behaved in a richly illustrated travel classic.

Cosmorama presents a wide, layperson-friendly tour of global manners, customs, and costumes. Organized by region, it guides readers through Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific, using lively descriptions and engravings to bring distant cultures to life. The book blends social portraits with observations on daily life, belief, and fashion, offering aWindow into the habits and appearances of nations long ago.

• Vivid cultural portraits from many nations, with attention to dress, manners, and everyday life


• Illustrated scenes that complement accessible text for quick, browsable reading


• Regional organization covering Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania


• A historical snapshot of how travelers and writers approached distant peoples

Ideal for readers curious about historical world cultures, costume history, and travel literature.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1333864817
• ISBN 13: 9781333864811
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 107
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