eBook The Costume of Scotland ePub

Regarding the 90 black and white pictures: they are excellent and show clear details. Remember, when this book was first published in 1984, it was common practice to use black and white pictures. Color pictures were very expensive to publish and increased the price of the purchase. There are however, 4 color pictures in the center of this book; which was also common practice for the time this book was published. Contents cover: Shirts, Mantles, Plaids, Trews, Proscription and Repeal, Kilts, George IV, Queen Victoria, Tartans, Ladies of Scotland, Scottish Tweed, Scottish Bonnets, Fisher Folk, Medieval Highland Warriors, Scottish Military Uniforms, Royal Company of Archers, Highland Arms, List of Illustrations, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Bibliography, and Index. 216 Pages in all. The author, John Telfer, was a foremost historian of Scottish Costume. He is also the author of "History of Highland Dress' - ISBN# 071341894X. ------ If you are looking for a book with large, beautiful color plates on Scottish costume/tartans, I recommend 'The Clans of the Scottish Highlands' (The Costumes of the Clans) by R.R.McIan, James Logan, and Anatonia Fraser - 206 pages in all, published by Alfred A. Knopf, N.Y., 1980 ASIN: B000JLNA9I --- it includes 74 color plates, of the following clans: The Shields of the Clans, Buchanan, Cameron, Campbell of Argyle, Campbell of Breadalbane, Chisholm, Colquhon, Cumin, Davidson, Drummond, Farquharson, Ferguson, Forbes, Fraser, Gordon, Graeme, Grant, Grant of Glenmoriston, Gun, Kennedy, Lamond, Logan, Mac Allaster, Mac Arthur, Mac Aulay, Mac Bean, Mac Coll, Mac Cruimin, Mac Donald of Clan Ranald, Mac Donald of Garagach and Keplpach, Mac Donald of Glencoe, Mac Donald of the Isles, Mac Donell of Glengarry, Mac Duff, Mac Dugal, Mac Gillivray, Mac Gregor, Mac Innes, Mac Intire, Mac Intosh, Mac Ivor, Mackay, Mackenzie, Mackinnon, Mac Lachlan, Mac Laurin, Mac Lean, Mac Lennan, Mac Leod, Mac Millan, Mac Nab, Mac Nachtan, Mac Nicol, Mac Niel, Mac Pharlan, Mac Phee, Mac Pherson, Mac Quarie, Mac Rae, Matheson, Menzies, Munro, Murray, Ogilvie, Robertson, Rose, Ross, Shaw, Sinclair, Skene, Stewart, Sutherland, and Urquhart. (get 2 pf this book if you can; the pictures are worth framing - this hardcover book size is 13.7 x 9. 6 inches)

Excellent, in depth study of the history of Scottish dress. The book is well illustrated. I only wish that more of the illustrations could have been in color, rather than describing the colors in the text. No doubt cost concerns prohibited that. It is a definitive work for the seriously interested person. I very highly recommend it.

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