Costumes of British ladies from the time of William the Ist to the reign of Queen Victoria.
Alternate Title(s):
Costumes of British ladies, from materials collected during twenty-three years
Published / Created:
[London] : Lithographed, printed & published by Dickinson & Son, 114 New Bond Street, [1843-1845]
Physical Description:
[49] leaves, [49] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 35-37 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsGT730 .C67 1843+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsGT730 .C67 1843+ Copy 2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Originally issued in 12 parts, with wrapper title: Costumes of British ladies, from materials collected during twenty-three years. By a Lady. Lithographed by J. Sampson. To be completed in twelve parts. Price £4:10, complete. Dickinson & Son, 114, New Bond Street." Parts numbers 1-3 dated June-September 1843; remaining numbers have no date on cover title. Wrappers for numbers 1-8 with additional imprint: "Printed by Wm. Davy, Gilbert Street, Oxford Street.""The various authorities whence these British costumes have been derived, will be found appended to each number [on the facing leaf]. They had been originally collected and drawn during a period of more than twenty years, without any--the slightest--view to publication ..."--Leaf 1.Printed by Wm. Davy, Gilbert Street, Oxford Street.Colas, R. Bibliographie générale du costume et de la mode, 730Kunstbibliothek (Berlin, Germany). Katalog der Lipperheideschen Kostümbibliothek (2. Aufl.), Gca 38BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco. Title stamped in gilt on cover. Owner's label: De la Bibliothèque Louis Becker, Paris.BAC: British Art Center copy 2 in original parts (12), in publisher's printed wrappers. With printed slip at front: "Dec. 1845. Messrs. Dickinson & Son have prepared a suitable binding for the 'Costumes of British ladies.' Price 10s. 6d. 114, New Bond Street."
Subject Terms:
Clothing and dress -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Costume -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Women's clothing -- Great Britain -- History. | Dickinson & Son -- Publisher. | Davy, Wm. -- Printer. | Becker, Louis -- Bookplate.