Theatru[m] mulierum, siue, Varietas at[que] differentia habituum fœminei sexus diuersorum Europae nationum hodierno tempore vulgo in vsu / a Wenceslao Hollar, etc. Bohemo, delineatæ et aqua forti æri sculptæ Londini A[nn]o 1643.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, artist, engraver.

Contributor:

Craenhals, J. van, artist.

Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, printer, bookseller.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Theatrum mulierum

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Costume--Early works to 1800.

Costume.

Genre:

Early works.

Engravings (prints)

Engravings.

Penn Provenance:

Manby, Susanna Edgar, approximately 1786-1865 (autograph) (inscription) (Furness copy)

Physical Description:

[1], 48 leaves of plates : all illustrations ; 19 cm

Other Title:

Theatrv[m] mvliervm, sive, Varietas at[que] differentia habituum fœminei sexus diuersorum Europae nationum hodierno tempore vulgo in vsu

Theatrum mulierum, sive, Varietas atque differentia habituum fœminei sexus diversorum Europae nationum hodierno tempore vulgo in usu

Varietas at[que] differentia habituum fœminei sexus diuersorum Europae nationum hodierno tempore vulgo in vsu

Varietas atque differentia habituum fœminei sexus diversorum Europae nationum hodierno tempore vulgo in usu

Place of Publication:

London : Printed and sold by Robt. Sayer, print & map seller, no. 53 Fleet Street, [between 1748 and 1794?]

Notes:

Engraved title leaf and 45 engraved leaves of illustrations of women in the garb of various nationalities and classes, plus 3 of men in religious costume. Title in Latin; captions in Latin and English.

Robert Sayer traded from 1748-1794. See his entry in British Book Trade Index.

"Advertisement. This Sett contains 48 Prints, price 4s. W.H."--Title leaf.

Plates 1-5, 7-11, 13-19, 21-41, and 43-48 signed by Wenceslaus Hollar. Plate 24 also signed by I. van Craenhals.

Plates 2-4, 7-8, 10-11, 13, 15-19, 22, 25-27, 29, 31-33, 35-36, 38-41, and 43 dated 1643. Plates 9 and 21 dated 1644. Plate 34 dated 1642. Plate 45 dated 1664. Plates 46-48 dated 1663.

Local Notes:

Furness copy: price struck through in ink on title leaf.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Furness copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2023 from Justin Croft.

Furness copy has dated 19th-century autograph ("Susanna Manby 1830") of Susanna Manby (née Edgar; approximately 1786-1865) on front pastedown; dated 19th-century manuscript provenance inscription ("Willoughby [...] presented by Mrs Manby - Walsingham 1862") on front pastedown.

OCLC:

1416905126