Omnium Pene Europae, Asiae, Aphricae Atque Americae Gentium Habitus: Habits de Diverses Nations De LEurope, Asie, Afrique Et Amerique. Trachtenbuch: Der Furnembsten Nationen und Volcker kleydungen beÿde Manns und Weÿbs personen in Europa Asia Africa und America. Michiel Colÿn Excudit.

In the first group of numbered plates there are four pl. 28 (28.1, 28.1, 28.2, 28.3) and in the second group of numbered plates there are two pl. 14. (According to Colas these - and the unnumbered divisional title-plate - were already features of the 1581 edition; but in the present edition the captions of plate 14 bis carry the date of 1586.)

No publication-date is given. R. Colas suggests 'vers 1610'. Plate 22 is signed 'Ioos de Bosscher excudebat'; and Colas states that there is a variant title-plate in which the imprint has the name of 'Joos de Bosscher' in place of that of Michiel Colÿn. Colas also states that this work is a reprint of a book published in 1581, Omnium pene Europæ, Asiæ, Africæ et Americæ gentium habitus, elegantissime aeri incisi: quibus accedunt Romani pontificis, Cardinalium, Episcoporum, una cum omnium ordinum monachorum et religiosorum habitu cura Abrah. de Bruin (of which, he states, there are also issues carrying the title, Omnium pene Europae, Asiae, Aphricae et Americae gentium habitus. habits de diverses nations de l'Europe, Asie, Afrique et Amérique. Abraham de Bruÿn excudit ... Michel Colyn, ex.). In the present issue pl. 24 still carries the date of 1580 and the divisional title-plate that of 1581; but pl. 14 bis of the second group carries the date of 1586. The name of Michiel Colyn on the divisional title-plate appears to be a cancel. Colas describes the 1581 editions as having title-plates in Latin or in French and Latin, and the divisional title-plate in French and Latin; whereas in the present edition the title-plate is in Latin, French and German and the divisional title-plate in Latin, French and Dutch.

(In 1577 had appeared Omnium poene Gentium Imagines ... scalpsit Abrah. Bruynus ....)

Michiel Colijn is known to have worked as a printer and bookseller at Amsterdam 1608-37.

The first sequence of plates shows civil costumes; the second, religious dress. Each plate includes several figures. All plates in the first group are captioned in Latin, except two in Latin, German and French (pl. 1, 36), two in Latin and French (14, 33), one in German and French (22) and two in French (23, 24). All in the second group are captioned in Latin except 14 bis, which is captioned in Dutch and Latin.