Title: Good for collages, not for research
Product review: This book is a picture-book of nineteenth century visions of historic costumes, possibly aimed at nineteenth century people interested in costume parties or plays.Do not be fooled by the detailed nineteenth century engraving work or the look of these images. They are not old. They are not accurate. They are perniciously, convincingly realistic-looking, thanks to Victorian obsessiveness about fussy little ersatz details. They are not to be relied upon.Thanks to that very fussy nineteenth century engraving style, they are very useful for collage art. They might also make a fun coloring book.But rely on them as history? Only if you are interested in the history of late nineteenth century German romantic fantasies about the past.
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