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Subject Terms Fashion -- Great Britain.

1. The mirror of the graces, or, The English lady's costume : combining and harmonizing taste and judgment, elegance and grace, modesty, simplicity, and economy with fashion in dress : and adapting the various articles of female embellishments to different ages, form, and complexions : to the seasons of the year, rank, and situation in life : with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness, and manners : the cultivation of the mind and the disposition and carriage of the body : offering also the most efficacious means of preserving beauty, health, and loveliness : the whole according with the general principles of nature and rules of propriety / by a Lady of distinction ; who has witnessed and attentively studied what is esteemed truly graceful and elegant amongst the most refined nations of Europe.

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Creator:: Lady of distinction, active 19th century
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: xii, 240 pages, 4 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Mary Leighton collection, 1824-1860.

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Creator:: Leighton, Mary, Lady, -1864
Date:: 1824-1860
Physical Description:: 2 linear feet
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund