An exquisite, antique, First Edition, genuine antique book for the lover of antique fashion and costume....BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED........Written and published at the sunset of the Victorian Era...Loaded with over 200 dazzling illustrations and dozens of full page full color fashion plates.....Decorated end papers papers on front and back cover...green covers with pink roses and gilt gold stampings....a very weighty volume....heavy slick stock papers on every page.... A Stunning book and a \"must have\" for any fashion historian

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ANTIQUE BOOK...not a reproduction or reprint...First Edition....1909, genuine antique book for the lover of antique fashion and costume................

BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED.....................Written at the sunset of the Victorian Era...Loaded with over 200 dazzling illustrations and dozens of full page full COLOR fashion plates and etchings....................Decorated end papers papers on front and back cover...............pretty green linen covers with gold stampings and charming pink and gold roses all over..............a weighty volume for its size....heavy slick stock papers.... ..........

Please see my sales for the companion volumes to this set.

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Title is MODES AND MANNERS of the NINETEENTH CENTURY....Written in 1909.....This is volume 2 and covers the period from 1818 to 1842.......Covering from the delicate flowing lines of the Classical Revival Era, and the very different fashions of the Napoleanic, Revival Era and Romantic Era ......a wealth of Gorgeous Fashions for Women, as well as Men and even children.....Clothing, Millinery, Bonnets and Hats, Gowns, Coats, Jewelry, parasols, and Accessories Of Dress........as well as information covering the society and styles of culture, etiquette, morals, and beauty trends of that time...Many Famous beauties, royalty and aristocratic ladies and gentleman, celebrated ladies, and their influences on fashion and styles....From the silly and grotesque fashions, to the most glamourous.....Details fashion\'s influences on society and vice versa.......The influences of Art, Psychology, Economic Changes, Wars, and Literature on fashion......Dandies and Gents and Beau Brummel followers, The Incroyables ...and Men\'s hats and other men\'s fashion trends......Ending in 1842, the dawning of the Victorian Era, and just after the invention of the sewing machine would revolutionize the dressmaking and tailoring industry and fashions to come......

Glorious full color fashion plates expertly rendered as color lithos and fine engravings, and also drawings ... 32 COLOR PLATES in here....as well as over 170 other dazzling and rare illustrations.....Many from French fashion books such as La Mode...The Repository.....Journal Des Gens du Monde.....Journal Des Dames. even rare Vienna fashions from the Weiner Moda and Weinrer Zeitschrift.......Art by famous artists.....I really cannot say enough about the illustrations, and I wish I could show them all here....simply....Amazing!

A superb reference for anyone interested in the early 19th Century and very early Victorian fashion and lifestyles ....

The book is quite heavy due to the fine heavy stock slick papers, vivid inks, etc......Measures 8 7/8\" by 6\" and has 200 numbered pages, and some pages and illustrations are not numbered, so approx. 260 pages in here, maybe more.........Published in London by J.M. Dent & sons, Limited....Copyright is 1909..................First Edition...

I simply cannot list all that is in here..the book is quite detailed in it\'s overview and gives a huge wealth of information on styles, fashion, costume, clothing, social codes, manners and decorum, etiquette, the toilette and beauty standards, trends, and general lifestyles of the period....Discussions of the major and minor fashion faux paux and costume successes...Oddities and freaks of fashion....,lacings and various corsets and crinolines....Underpinnings and Lingerie and petticoats....Bonnets, Millinery and Hats.....narrow Grecian inspired gowns...Puffy sleeeved 1840\'s dresses.......Fancy Dress....Avant Garde French fashions ..Mantles and Capes...Fans.....Handkerchiefs...Hair styles and coiffures....... purses and silk shoes...Ball Gowns and more........Much info on fabrics, lace, accessories, and textiles and designs used in clothing at that time.....Paris fashions, London and European influences on styles....Also illustrations depicting the society at play and sports such as Derby Day, The Opera, Ballet, Sporting Events, Picnics, Salons, Court Receptions, Dances, Society Dinners, and more....The people who influenced fashion in thier day ...... European royalty and American aristocracy...and famed actresses and society leaders......Minor details of style to major changes....An Exhausting treatise of history and fashion and their intertwining and impactive effect on each other.......A MUST HAVE for any serious collector.... I only show a tiny bit of the fantastic illustrations..there are over 100 more in here, many in full color and worthy of framing....DAZZLING!

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Sold as is described, as found, and as shown.... PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS as they show the book well and serve as part of the description. Low opening offer.....PLEASE ASK IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, prior to offerding...Please offer accordingly ......NO RETURNS ON Vintage and antique books ....thank you.....

SHIPPING: This is a weighty heavy book. will be well packed.