Fashion and Costumery

London: N P, 1830 approx). Softcover. Very Good. Hand colored lithographs (12) on tinted background . Oblong narrow quarto (32x20cm) cloth spined paper boards (tips worn) Twelve leaves. First plate shows some foxing others clean. No titlepage (as issued?) all plates stubbed some closed gutter tears. *Subjects: Father carving a wooden sword for 2 boys while young woman watches; Travelling showman selling vial of medicine while clown with drum waits to perform to crowd of ladies and children with horse and carts in front of curtained "stage"; Travelling salesman offering statues to grandmother (seated) and young woman and man with toddler & sister all in forecourt of farm with ducks, dogs, chickens etc; Hawker with wares on a board on his head is bitten by dog and his wares fall off as the board tips (among wares are dolls, parrot, and a Napoleon figurine); Man in doorway of house laughs, also lady peeling apples with toddler reaching for carrots on table and boy with stick; Dancing girl and man with… Read More

Patavi (Padua): Petri Mariae Frambotti 3rd edition with large additions.., 1685. Hardcover. Good. Copperplates (frontis of 3 male figures & Minerva on architectural stage + 50 plates & 2 text illustratations by Ruffonus, Gio. Georg or unsigned.. Three Books in One quarto vellum-spined thin pasteboard covers (tips bumped covers damp marked). Engraved title + printed title with woodcut PFM printer's mark (Minerva with owl) +3 full page plates preceding dedication leaf +[6]ppprelims +261p; Titlepage to "Pars Altera Libri Quatuor" with larger PFM Minerva printer's mark signed DR +[6]pp prelims +213pp + [21]pp indices +"Analecta de Re Vestiaria sive exercitationes ad Albert Rubenius Commentarium, accessit dissertatio De Veterum Lucernis" with repeat of printer's mark of 1st titlepage +[10]pp prelims + 155pp +Titlepage to De Veterum Lucernis with printer's mark +39pp +[16]pp index + multi folding copy of a Latin inscription. Neat early MS note in Latin on flyleaf about placing of 2 plates.The plates… Read More

New York: Vogue Pattern Service,, 1965. Thick folio filled with classic mid-century fashion designs, including Paris originals and international couturier designs, dresses, coordinates, sportwear, resort, childrens bridal, etc. Book is Very Good, 1" tear to cloth at bottom edge of spine, boards lightly toned. SCARCE. . First Edition. Decorative Paper Covered Board. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

25 fabric designs with fabric description on back. Blue cloth binding; gilt particulars to spine and front. Blue and yellow hanger cord. Protective plastic cover. 12.5 x 17.5 in.

28 costume engravings by W. Hollar including the title page. Overall in good condition, unexamined out of the frame. Framed and glazed.

Very good copy of the fourth and best edition of this famous Renaissance collection of world costumes.With 513 costume plates printed on fine vellum paper, with each plate facing a page of descriptive text in Italian and French.This new edition has all the original costume plates corrected by Gerard Seguin and engraved on wood by Etienne Huyot. The decorative frames to both costume and text pages were engraved by H. Catenacci and Fellmann.A panorama of world costume from European nobility and peasants, Venetian senators, prostitutes, Turkish pirates and dervishes, ancient Roman soldiers, fanciful Japanese and Nestorian costumes, Native Americans from Virginia and Peru taken from travel books, etc. Cesare Vecellio (c.1521-1601) was an Italian artist, cousin and assistant to Titian, active in Venice and Augsburg. In 1590, he published his collection of costumes of all nations with woodcuts copied from Christoph Krieger. Despite many fanciful and imaginary costumes, it became an iconic source in the… Read More

1860 Scandinavia Costumes & Clothing Color Illustrated Fashion Norway Denmark

An incredibly rare and highly desirable mid-19th-century collection of large engravings.
'Costumes Suede, Norvege, Danemark…'
is a collection of 20 color engravings each depicting costumes and clothing styles of Scandinavian men and women. These folio-size engravings are exquisite displays showing fashion in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Holland, and Germany.
Item number: #17069
Price: $499
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Costumes de Suède, Norvége, Danemark, Hollande et Allemagne;
Paris, Aux bureaux des journaux Les modes parisiennes, [ca. 1860].

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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20 color engravings
· Language: French
· Binding: Softcover
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Size: ~13.25in X 10in (33.5cm x 25.5cm)
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1860 Swedish Costumes & Clothing Scandinavia Color Illustrated Fashion Camino

An incredibly rare and highly desirable mid-19th-century collection of large engravings.
'Costumes Suedois Dessines' is a collection of 20 color engravings by Camino and Regamey each depicting costumes and clothing styles of Scandinavian men and women. These folio-size engravings are exquisite displays.
Item number: #17068
Price: $499
CAMINO, Charles [illust.]
Costumes suédois dessinés par MM. Camino et Régamey d'après les dessin originaux communiqués par M. de D ... l, et gravés par Charles Geoffroy
Paris, Aux bureaux des journaux Les modes parisiennes, [ca. 1860].

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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20 color engravings
· Language: French
· Binding: Softcover
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Size: ~12.25in X 9in (31cm x 23cm)
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1854 FASHION Godey Lady's Book American Magazine Illustrated Dress Costume 2v

'Godey's Lady's Book' was a 19th-century American magazine known for its collection of poetry, illustrations, and articles by prominent female authors and artists. It addressed fashion trends, women's dress, and directions on how to make dresses and garments. This two volume set of tomes contains the issues from 1854 and 1855 and provides an excellent view into the styles and fashion of the mid-19th-century. Note the full-page engravings throughout.
Item number: #18375
Price: $499
GODEY, Louis Antoine
Godey's lady's book,
Philadelphia: L.A. Godey, 1854-55.

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 tomes
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Vol. I, 1855 – 574
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Vol. II, 1854 – 570
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Illustrated throughout each tome
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Language: English
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~9.5in X 6.25in (24cm x 16cm)
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1868 FASHION English Woman Domestic Magazine Illustrated Dresses Beeton Recipes
In mid-19th-century England, there was a growing demand for literature on home-making and female interests. Numerous magazines and periodicals were published to try to meet this demand. One such work was Sam Beeton's "Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine" – a magazine that, according to Diamond,
"targeted middle-class women and was an immediate commercial success, with its clever mix of French fashion plates, dressmaking paper patterns, designs for fancy-work, excellent recipes (by Mrs Beeton), and serialized novels."
This tome contains 23 full-page engravings illustrating dresses and high fashion.
Item number: #19722
Price: $499
BEETON, Sam
Englishwoman's domestic magazine
London : S.O. Beeton, [ca. 1868]. 1st edition

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes in 1 tome
o Vol. I – vii, [1], 288
o Vol. II – vii, [1], 336
o 23 hand-colored plates + several in-text illustrations
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1868 FASHION English Woman Domestic Magazine Illustrated Dresses Beeton Recipes
In mid-19th-century England, there was a growing demand for literature on home-making and female interests. Numerous magazines and periodicals were published to try to meet this demand. One such work was Sam Beeton's "Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine" – a magazine that, according to Diamond,
"targeted middle-class women and was an immediate commercial success, with its clever mix of French fashion plates, dressmaking paper patterns, designs for fancy-work, excellent recipes (by Mrs Beeton), and serialized novels."
This tome contains 22 full-page engravings illustrating dresses and high fashion.
Item number: #19723
Price: $499
BEETON, Sam
Englishwoman's domestic magazine
London : S.O. Beeton, [ca. 1868]. 1st edition

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes in 1 tome
o Vol. III – vii, [1], 312
o Vol. IV – iv, 284
o 22 hand-colored plates + several in-text illustrations
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1871 EXQUISITE Lacroix Illustrated Middle Ages Costumes Knights Jesters Bizarre
Paul Lacroix was a 19th-century French author whose books covered a broad set of topics, including some controversial. Lacroix wrote about ballets, costumes, romance, masquerades, heraldry, religion in the military, and the history of prostitution. He also wrote a book, "Sciences and Letters of the Middle Ages," which covers the studies of alchemy and the occult sciences, as well as an important chapter on heraldry. Engravings depict monsters, bizarre animals, dragons, deformed humans, torture scenes, scalping, maps, flags, and more!
This tome, 'Moeurs, Usages et Costumes', features 15 chromolithograph engravings depicting costumes and clothing from the Middle Ages including ornate knight armor for both men and horses, female dresses, court jesters, as well as in-text images of bizarre occurrences like catching giant fish and chess games.

Item number: #19874
Price: $499
LaCROIX, Paul
Moeurs, Usages et Costumes au Moyen… Read More

* Inscribed and SIGNED by Isabel and Ruben Toledo on title page, with doodle of model. * Book cover shows moderate wear at end caps, one bumped corner - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new. * Jacket shows modest edge/ shelf wear, one small taped tear. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care." One of the most exciting fashion designers in the United States, Cuban-born Isabel Toledo has been honored with a National Design Award from the Cooper- Hewitt Museum and a Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion, given by The Museum at FIT. Yet her name and work are recognized only by fashion insiders. This ravishing book brings Toledos creations to a wider audience, places them within the context of contemporary fashion, and examines her creative process. Interviewing Toledo, her husband (fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo), and other colleagues, clients, and critics, Valerie Steele gives an account of… Read More

1871 American FASHION Dresses Clothing Hairstyles Craft ART Peterson's Magazine

'Peterson's Magazine' is a rare, 19th-century periodical filled with articles, essays, stories, and craft instructions for women. This 1871 edition includes numerous hand-colored engravings and dozens of other folding and full-page illustrations – views of hairstyles, costume and clothing, cross stitch patterns, music, and much more.

Item number: #22268
Price: $499

periodical

Peterson's Magazine

1871. First edition.

Details:
• Collation: Complete with all pages
o Jan-Jun – [2], IV, [5]-464
o July-Dec – IV, [5]-459, [1]
o Numerous illustrations throughout, several in color
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~9.5in X 6.25in (24cm x 16cm)

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1873 FASHION Godey Lady's Book American Magazine Illustrated Dress Costume Music

'Godey's Lady's Book' was a 19th-century American magazine known for its collection of poetry, illustrations, and articles by prominent female authors and artists. It addressed fashion trends, women's dress, and directions on how to make dresses and garments. This 1873 volume supplies an excellent view into the styles and fashion of the mid-19th-century. Note the full-page and folding engravings throughout.

'Godey's Lady's Book' was also a source of popular literature at the time; many volumes featured the work of prominent authors and poets, with names such as Timothy Shay Arthur, William Alexander, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Washington Irving, and Edgar Allan Poe making appearances!

Item number: #30546
Price: $499

GODEY, Louis Antoine

Godey's lady's book [jan-june 1873]

Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey, 1873. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o iv, 572
o Heavily illustrated… Read More