about the cover

The figure on the cover of Build a Robo-Advisor with Python (From Scratch) is “Homme de schevelingen pres de la haye” or “Schevelingen man near the Hague,” taken from a nineteenth-century edition of Sylvain Maréchal’s four-volume compendium, Costumes Civils Actuels de Tous les Peuples Connus. Each illustration is finely drawn and colored by hand.

In those days, it was easy to identify where people lived and what their trade or station in life was just by their dress. Manning celebrates the inventiveness and initiative of the computer business with book covers based on the rich diversity of regional culture centuries ago, brought back to life by pictures from collections such as this one.