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1. 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

2. Crinoline : its difficulties & dangers, mechanical, natural, artificial / twenty illustrations, by "Quiz" ; dedicated to the ladies.

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Creator:: Quiz
Date:: [185-?]
Physical Description:: [20] p. : chiefly ill. ; 13 cm. x 260 cm., folded to 13 cm. x 20 cm., in covers 14 cm. x 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The art of dress, or, Guide to the toilette : with directions for adapting the various parts of the female costume to the complexion and figure, hints on cosmetics, &c. / embellished with engravings from designs by Frank Howard, Esq.

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Date:: MDCCCXXXIX [1839]
Physical Description:: x, 68, [2] p., VI leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts