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A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England WITH The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England:

STRUTT Joseph 1749-1802

  • Publisher: Henry G. Bohn
  • Published: 1842 , London: York Street, Covent Garden
  • Condition: Very Good
London: York Street, Covent Garden: Henry G. Bohn, 1842. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. STRUTT Joseph. With Two Hundred & twenty Five coloured plates VG+, 2 titles in 3 volumes, in uniform half olive morocco over red marbled boards, some gilt tooling, corners & edges worn. Spines, gilt titles & tooling, edges bumped, worn along joints. Internally, Vol 1, Dress & Habits, 1842, frontis, [5], (vi-viii), [2], (ix-x), [1], (ii-cxvii), [1], [1], 2-117 pp, 59 pls (coloured). Vol 2, 1842, frontis, [3], (iv-vi), [1], 2-279 pp, 94 pls (coloured). [Lacks pl nos 74, 79, 99, 140 & 141 but with doubles of 76, 111, 94, 129 & 116 with different topics]. Vol 3, Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities, 1842, frontis, [2], (iv), [1], 2-152 pp, 72 pls (coloured), with guards. Volumes with marbled endpapers, book label to fpd (Pack Memorial Public Library). (312*251 mm). (Lowndes, 2538. Brunet V, 566. Colas 2825. Hiler, 820. Lipperheide 1001). Containing the Representations of all the English Monarchs, from Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eighth; and of many Persons that were Eminent under their Several Reigns. The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities, Strutt's first book, was originally published in 1773, followed by the Complete View in 1774-76. Strutt was the leading 18th century expert on the early dress of England. These works are organized chronologically, with the Complete View beginning in the 8th century. The handsome illustrations, taken primarily from contemporary tablets and manuscripts, are accompanied by detailed essays on specific articles of clothing-undergarments, mantles, tunics, footwear, breeches, etc. An informative and attractive set.

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