A rare work, prized for its text and especially for the beautiful plates illustrating the customs and traditions of various peoples. Volume IV contains rich iconographic documentation relating to the Papal States, Sardinia, and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The work constitutes a fantastic gallery for the history of costume. It is a significant example of the nineteenth-century interest in ethnology and the description of non-European and European cultures, defining social anthropology as the science of cultural diversity.