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Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts

Date 1830

Subject Terms Fashion -- Great Britain.

1. Paper doll.

Date:: approximately 1830?
Physical Description:: 1 paper doll (4 pieces) ; 80 x 110 mm, in envelope 120 x 400 mm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The whole art of dress, or, The road to elegance and fashion, at the enormous saving of thirty per cent!!! : being a treatise upon that essential and much-cultivated requisite of the present day, gentlemen's costume : explaining and clearly defining, by a series of beautifully engraved illustrations, the most becoming assortment of colours and style of dress and undress, in all their varieties; suited to different ages and complexions, so as to render the human figure most symmetrical and imposing to the eye : also, directions in the purchase of all kinds of wearing apparel: accompanied by hints for the toilette, containing a few valuable and original recipes; likewise, some advice to the improvement of defects in the person and carriage : together with a dissertation on uniform in general, and the selection of fancy dress / by a cavalry officer.

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Creator:: Cavalry officer
Date:: 1830
Physical Description:: vii, [1], 100 p., 5 [i.e. 6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts