Ebook: A History of Costume

DOVER BOOKS ON FASHION; Plate I; Title Page; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; Table of Figures; A HISTORY OF COSTUME -- INTRODUCTION; THE PEOPLES OF ANTIQUITY; THE EGYPTIANS; THE ETHIOPIANS; THE SYRIANS AND PHŒNICIANS; THE HEBREWS; THE ASSYRIANS AND BABYLONIANS; THE MEDES AND PERSIANS; THE SCYTHIANS; THE PARTHIANS; THE SARMATIANS, DACIANS, AND ILLYRIANS; THE CRETANS; THE PEOPLES OF ASIA MINOR; THE GREEKS; THE ETRUSCANS; THE ROMANS; THE DRESS OF THE BYZANTINE EMPERORS; TEUTONIC PREHISTORIC PERIOD; TEUTONIC BRONZE AGE-THIRD TO FIRST CENTURIES B.C.;Egypt, Babylon, Greece up through 19th-century Europe; based on surviving pieces, art work, much more. Includes many clear, measured patterns for reproducing historic costumes. Full text. 595 illustrations.