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Hand Colored Copper Engraving Norman Costumes of the 12th Century Framed Page: Page is of Norman woman in veil with baby. Page from Robert Von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and Middle Ages. Vienna 1802. Paper size is 6.5" x 4.5". Framed piece is 15 x 17.5". Robert von Spalart (died 1808) was chief of protocol at the Royal and Imperial Court of Vienna and co-editor of the Viennese Critical Theatre Journal. He died in 1808, leaving editors Jakob Kaiserer and Leopold Ziegelhauser to finish three parts of Volumes 1 and 2. The proposed third volume on Neuern Zeiten (modern) costume was never started. Incredibly rare piece.