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Townsend's Monthly of Parisian Costumes
by London. Townsend
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Contemporary green calf backed boards, leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Very good. 2 vols.
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Townsend, 1830. First edition. Hardcover. Contemporary green calf backed boards, leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Very good. 2 vols.. Unpaginated. 15. x 12.5 cm. Lacks title. 184 hand colored plates numbered 493-676 with numerous examples of fashion styles per plate. There is also one dress pattern plate; plates interleaved with descriptive text. The style had a fitted bodice just below the bust presenting a high-waist appearance. The gathered, long skirt is long, loosely fitted. Costume plates very clean fresh and bright with occasional faint spotting. One volume with armorial bookplate of Richard Pemberton Esq. front cover pastedown and signature dated April 1977 verso of endpaper. Second volume with a host of tissue guards. Binding tight, covers rubbed and worn with sections of marbled board designs lacking, backstrip extremity wear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22520
- Title
- Townsend's Monthly of Parisian Costumes
- Author
- London. Townsend
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary green calf backed boards, leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Very good. 2 vols.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Townsend
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1830
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fashion
- Bookseller catalogs
- Costume; Design; Women;
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About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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- First Edition
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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