The art of dress, or, Guide to the toilette , MDCCCXXXIX [1839]
- Title(s):
- The art of dress, or, Guide to the toilette : with directions for adapting the various parts of the female costume to the complexion and figure, hints on cosmetics, &c. / embellished with engravings from designs by Frank Howard, Esq.
- Additional Title(s):
Art of dress
Guide to the toilette- Published/Created:
- London : Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, MDCCCXXXIX [1839]
- Physical Description:
- x, 68, [2] p., VI leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsGT510 .A78 1839 copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsGT510 .A78 1839 copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3343951
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Colas attributes authorship to Frank Howard.
Printed by Clarke, Printers, Silver Street, London.
Plate II is a cut-out overlay that modifies Plate I.
Kunstbibliothek (Berlin, Germany). Katalog der Lipperheideschen Kostümbibliothek (2. Aufl.), Nh43
Colas, R. Bibliographie générale du costume et de la mode, 166
Publisher's advertisements: [2] p. at end.
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in gilt-stamped purple publisher's cloth. Inscribed: For Jefy & Susan's Burnery's particular use Edinsbrou 18th August 1834.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 similiarly bound in gilt-stamped blue publisher's cloth. Inscribed: E. Croft. - Subject Terms:
- Beauty culture -- Great Britain -- 19th century.Beauty, Personal.Burney, Jefy & Susan -- Inscription, August 18th, 1834Chron. 1839Clarke -- PrinterClothing and dress -- Great Britain.Cosmetics -- Great Britain -- 19th century.Costume -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.Croft, E. -- ProvenanceFashion -- Great Britain.Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.Tilt, Charles -- Publisher
- Form/Genre:
- Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1839
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