Lot 254
Women: Female Etiquette & Costume, 8 books
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 January 2017 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Sheridan, Louisa Henrietta The Comic Offering; or Ladies' Melange... London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1832. 12mo, second volume only, contemporary embossed black covers with puppet master motif by De la Rue, London; [Defoe, Daniel] Religious Courtship: being Historical Discourses on the Necessity of Marrying Religious Husbands and Wives Only... London: Thomas Kelly, [1824?] 8vo, modern quarter morocco; Fashion The World of Fashion... London: January 1 1847-December 1 1847. 8vo, modern half calf, 66 plates (many hand-coloured); Child, Mrs. The Frugal Housewife. London: W. Tegg & Co., 1847. Twenty-second edition, 16mo, modern pink cloth; Smith, Albert The Natural History of The Flirt. London: D. Bogue, 1848. 16mo, 20th century crushed green half morocco gilt; The Young Ladies' Journal London: E. Marrison Salisbury Se., 1865. 4to., volume 2 only, later quarter morocco; Journal des Demoiselles et Petit Courrier des Dames..., 1880. 4to., 40 (of 85?) hand-coloured fashion plates, quarter red morocco gilt, custom made box; Köhler, Carl A History of Costume, 1929. 8vo, original cloth (8)