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Subject Terms Etiquette -- Great Britain.

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1. Lady Fanny Flutter, at home on midsummer night : for waltzing and flirting, (the latter the natural consequence of the former).

Lady Fanny Flutter, at home on midsummer night : for waltzing and flirting, (the latter the natural consequence of the former).
Date:
circa 1800
Physical Description:
1 card ; 8 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The ladies' pocket book of etiquette / by A. F. (1838) ; with engravings by Hester Sainsbury.

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Creator:
Freeling, Arthur
Date:
MCMXXVIII [1928]
Physical Description:
[10], 55, [3] pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The mirror of the graces, or, The English lady's costume : combining and harmonizing taste and judgment, elegance and grace, modesty, simplicity, and economy with fashion in dress : and adapting the various articles of female embellishments to different ages, form, and complexions : to the seasons of the year, rank, and situation in life : with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness, and manners : the cultivation of the mind and the disposition and carriage of the body : offering also the most efficacious means of preserving beauty, health, and loveliness : the whole according with the general principles of nature and rules of propriety / by a Lady of distinction ; who has witnessed and attentively studied what is esteemed truly graceful and elegant amongst the most refined nations of Europe.

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Creator:
Lady of distinction, active 19th century
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
vii, [2] p., pp. 12-17, [2] p., pp. x-xxiii [i.e. xiii], [2] p., 10-241, [7] p., 4 leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The mirror of the graces, or, The English lady's costume : combining and harmonizing taste and judgment, elegance and grace, modesty, simplicity, and economy with fashion in dress : and adapting the various articles of female embellishments to different ages, form, and complexions : to the seasons of the year, rank, and situation in life : with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness, and manners : the cultivation of the mind and the disposition and carriage of the body : offering also the most efficacious means of preserving beauty, health, and loveliness : the whole according with the general principles of nature and rules of propriety / by a Lady of distinction ; who has witnessed and attentively studied what is esteemed truly graceful and elegant amongst the most refined nations of Europe.

No cover image available
Creator:
Lady of distinction, active 19th century
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
xii, 240 pages, 4 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The family of the late Mrs. S.A. Barlow wish to thank you most sincerely for kind expressions of sympathy and beautiful flowers.

No cover image available
Date:
1937
Physical Description:
1 note : letterpress ; 18 x 13 cm folded to 9 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. [Mrs. W. S. Gaves & family] return thanks for [Mr. Oberburg's] kind enquiries [& sympathy].

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1880]
Physical Description:
1 card : letterpress ; 90 x 110 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Escort card.

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Date:
late 19th century
Physical Description:
1 card : illustrations ; 40 x 76 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts