Regulations for the Uniform & Dress of the Navy and Marine Corps of the United States

United States; Navy Department; C. Schuessele; J. Goldsborough Bruff

P.S. Duval & Co. (Philadelphia: Lippincott, Granbo and New York: Horstmann Bros. & Allen), 1852

[Rare American Military Costume Plate Book] Bound in contemporary wraps.  Held in modern cloth folder.  Folio, 14 x 11 1/2 inches. Moderate wear to wraps, spine cloth.  14 [of 15] plates, 12 of which are chromolithographs. 15, [1] pages.  Marginal tears along bottom margin. Moderate foxing and soiling.  A seminal work on naval uniforms, including the full set of regulations in effect at that time, and finely executed plates. Lithographed by C. Schuessele after drawings by J. Goldsborough Bruff, and printed by the Philadelphia firm of P.S. Duval & Co.  Sabin 68960.