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181655305Paris: Vente 1816. Fine. Royal wedding edition of this popular pre-Revolution comedy issued on the occasion of the marriage of Princess Marie-Caroline and the Duc de Berry - and from the library of the Duchess herself who famously sold her books after her failed coup in 1832. The Duchess's wedding occurred only a year after the restoration of the royal House of Bourbon in 1815 following Napoleon's final defeat at Waterloo. On that occasion a special performance of Andrieux's 1787 play was performed for the Duchess a devotee of the theater. This rare edition was printed as a memento of that event which was to have massive implications in French history. <br /> <br /> The Duchess's new husband was the king's brother; after the Duc de Berry's assassination in 1820 their son became the heir apparent to the French throne. But when the July Revolution of 1830 deposed the Bourbons the Duchess and her son went into exile. In 1832 however the Duchess of Berry clandestinely returned to France to lead a rebellion becoming "the most wanted woman in France" Samuels. Her coup failed and she was once again exiled; her story would later be dramatized in fiction by Alexandre Dumas as LES LOUVES DE MACHECOUL 1859. <br /> <br /> Realizing she would never return to her beloved library of some 8000 volumes at Chateau Rosny she made the decision to sell it. It was then one of the most famous libraries in France with a tremendous range in philosophy history travel science law theology fiction and theater. This copy's binding and bookplates mark its provenance from the library of the Duchess. It was bound by René Simier 1772-1843 who "had no superior and few rivals during his career" Ramsden 190 with his ticket announcing him as "Binder to the King to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Berry and to His Royal Highness the Duke of Bordeaux." The binding is in the style the Duchess regularly ordered from Simier featuring her gilt arms on the boards upon a carefully selected full morocco. It further bears the engraved bookplate of Rosny on the unusual pink endpapers. Books from the Duchess's library still appear with some regularity on the market today but rarely with such a close personal connection to the Duchess herself. Contemporary full honey morocco boards stamped in gilt with the arms of the Duchess of Berry bound by René Simier with his ticket "Relieur du Roi de S.A.R. Madame Duchesse de Berry et de S.A.R. Mgr le duc de Bordeaux". Pink glazed endpapers all edges gilt. 4 82 pages. Engraved bookplate of the Bibliothèque de Rosny on front pastedown; bookplates also of Alexis Rouart and Eugène Aubry-Vitet. Only trace rubbing and soil. Vente unknown
1865ST19156London: Longmans Green and Co 1865. FIRST EDITION. 222 x 146 mm. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4". Three volumes extended to six. Edited by Lady Theresa Lewis. <br/> EXCEPTIONALLY PRETTY CRIMSON CRUSHED MOROCCO HANDSOMELY GILT BY MORRELL signed on front inner dentelles covers bordered with double rules raised bands spines gilt in compartments featuring drawer pull and cinquefoil cornerpieces and elegant floral centerpiece elaborately gilt inner dentelles top edge gilt other edges rough trimmed. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH MORE THAN 275 ENGRAVED PLATES 30 of them views the rest portraits four of the plates folding and eight in color. One plate with small skillfully repaired tear at fore edge a few leaves and a dozen plates with sprinkled foxing isolated light offsetting and minor stains and soiling in the text but AN EXTREMELY FINE SET THE LOVELY BINDINGS UNUSUALLY BRIGHT AND VIRTUALLY UNWORN and internally very fresh and clean.<br/> <br/> This lavishly illustrated and handsomely bound set documents the very long and meaningful life of a spinster devoted to her father and her sister—and to literature. Mary Berry 1763-1852 grew up in a family of modest fortune yet she knew a great many important people including Princess Caroline of Wales the estranged wife of the Regent their daughter Princess Charlotte and the author Mme. de Stael who described Mary as "by far the cleverest woman in England." Mary met Lord Byron and Napoleon but her greatest friend was Horace Walpole the society wit letter-writer and builder of the neo-gothic extravaganza Strawberry Hill. Walpole who met Berry and her younger sister Agnes when they were in their twenties became so fascinated by their wit and wisdom that he persuaded them to settle with their father near him at "Little Strawberry Hill" which he bequeathed to them in his will. He left them his manuscripts as well and Mary Berry became the editor of his works. She also authored a play and a study of English and French society but our collection of her journal entries and letters put together by Lady Theresa Lewis 1803-65 is Mary Berry's most enduring legacy. The journal begins when Mary at 20 sets out with her father and Agnes for a tour of Holland Switzerland and Italy where she looks at paintings attends plays and records the ups and downs of stagecoach travel. The letters and entries in her journal written until her death give a rare picture of her times and her clever and endearing personality. At the same time some entries are melancholic in which she attributes falling short of achievements commensurate with the level of her abilities and never experiencing marriage and motherhood. Besides charming portraits of the Berry sisters the illustrations in our expanded set depict the authors they read Dryden for example the painters whose works they viewed the many notable figures they met or gossiped about royalty politicians actresses people of fashion and views of the places they visited. Our lovely set was produced by the London bindery of W. T. Morrell established about 1861 as successor to the firm begun by Francis Bedford who in turn had taken over the famous bindery of Charles Lewis. Prideaux in her "Modern Bookbindings" published in 1906 says that Morrell at that time had a very large business that supplied "all the booksellers with bindings designed by his men" bindings that were "remarkable for their variety and merit." The six volumes here look remarkably attractive on the shelf. Longmans, Green, and Co unknown
181966477London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown Paternoster-Row; and James Ridgway Piccadilly 1819. First edition 4to pp. ciii 1 150; original brown paper-covered boards printed paper label on spine; small cracks at the bottom of the spine small wax spots on lower cover but otherwise near fine. On the upper cover is the ownership signature of Princess Starhemberg i.e. Princess Franziska Starhemberg 1787-1864. Presentation copy from the editor Mrs. Berry inscribed "To the Princess Starhemberg from her most attached grateful & affectionate friend The Editor." There is one correction in ink in the margin of p. viii also in her hand. Berry 1763-1852 was the editor of the works of Horace Walpole two dramatic plays and A Comparative View of the Social Life of England and France from the Restoration of Charles II to the French Revolution. "These letters are written with such a neglect of style and often of grammar as may disgust the admirers of well-turned periods and they contain such frequent repetitions of homely tenderness as may shock the sentimental readers of the present days. But they evince the enjoyment of happiness built on such rational foundations and so truly appreciated by its possessors as too seldom occurs in the history of the human heart. They are impressed too with the marks of a cheerful mind a social spirit and every indication of a character prepared as well to enjoy the sunshine as to meet the storms of life" Berry p. xix. Lowndes p. III 2155. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row; and James Ridgway, Piccadilly unknown
181560390London: Longman Hurst Ress Orme and Brown. 1815. Hardcover. Very Good. 348pp map and 29 plates complete as listed previous owners name blanked out with sticky paper in top margin of 4pps deckle edge pages bound in recent green cloth new endpapers; Quarto . Longman Hurst Ress Orme and Brown hardcover
1840820B47London : John Russell Smith c1840. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 13.5" by 8.5". none . A scarce and beautifully presented volume of County Genealogies of Hertfordshire and Genealogia Antiqua by William Berry. This is a scarce volume of County Genealogies Pedigrees of Hertfordshire Families and Genealogia Antiqua or Mythological and Classical tables compiled from the best authors on fabulous and ancient history both by William Berry. County Genealogies has a beautifully illustrated title page and pages of decoratively printed genealogical charts. The genealogies have been collected from the Heraldic Visitations manuscripts in the British Museum. In half leather binding with marbled boards. Externally very smart. There are a few marks to the boards and some rubbing to the extremities. Internally firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with the odd scattered spot throughout. Very Good Indeed John Russell Smith hardcover
187012823Newnan Ga: October 1 1870. Broadside 7.75 x 9 inches with engraved vignette at center. Old folds moderate foxing and dust-soiling light staining. Short closed tear to bottom edge. Overall very good. A delightful mid-19th-century Georgia railroad broadside advertising changes to the ticketing system for one of the southern rail lines owned by William Byrd Berry. Here rates for travel between Berry's hometown of Newnan and Carrollton or Bowdon are specified and the rates for children under the age of 10 are noted as half price. Further the broadside stipulates baggage is capped at fifty pounds and the excess will be charged "Express rates." The work is signed in type by "W.B. Berry & Co." and dated October 1 1870 in Newnan. The text is enhanced with a striking central vignette of a locomotive pulling several railcars through a mountainous region. William Byrd Berry 1831-1902 was a prominent businessman and landowner born and raised in Newnan Georgia. He served as president of various banks and was involved in a number of railroad interests in the state. As far as we can tell the present broadside is unrecorded. October 1 unknown
184826992London; Auckland: various. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. 1848-1879. First editions. Hardcover. Bound in 20th century blue cloth boards. Binder's ticket on rear endpaper Pelorus Press Auckland. Previous owner's ex-libris bookplate Frank G. Glen. Some foxing. Berry "New Zealand as a Field for Emigration" has tissue paper repair to lower corner of front wrapper and lacks the folding map. Original wrappers bound in for four titles. Fading to wrappers. The pamphlet without wrappers Buddle "Aborigines of New Zealand" 1851 was not issued with wrappers see Bagnall 739: "Cover-title". "Aborigines of New Zealand" with dampstain to title leaf. The John White pamphlets "Maori Superstitions" 1856 as an inscription by the author but without the author's signature. The inscription is hard to red: " With kind regards from of the author". ; Bound volume of 5 pamphlets all first editions. Berry pamphlet lacking the map. 20th century blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Spine titled " VOL. 5". With typewritten contents leaf bound in. The 5 pamphlets are: 1 Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society "New Zealand. Correspondence between the Wesleyan Missionary Committee and the Right Honourable Earl Grey Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonial Department on the Apprehended Infringement of the Treaty of Waitangi". London: 1848. 36 pages. Printed green wrappers. Page dimensions: 211 x 130mm. Cover title: "New Zealand. Treaty of Waitangi." Reference: Bagnall 5983 - "a lengthy restatement of the views of Hobson the British Government and the missionaries. 2 John White "Maori Superstitions: A Lecture". Auckland: Printed by Williamson and Wilson 1856. 33 1 blank pages. Printed pink paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 214mm x 134mm. Selected Contents: World origin of; Kumara Origin of; Cannibalism Origin of; World drowned; New Zealand fished up; Mamari Canoe of Ngapuhi; Arawa; Canoe of East Cape District; Tainui Canoe Of Whaingaroa; People In New Zealand Before The Maori Race; Names and Attributes Of Dogs; Two Men And A Woman Taken To Heaven Alive; Origin Of The Moon; Incantation To Make Children's Teeth Come; Tattooing Ceremonies of for Man; Ditto ditto for Woman. Reference: Bagnall 6031. 3 Rev. J. Berry "New Zealand as a Field for Emigration" London: James Clarke & Co. 1879. 41 pages including the printed inside of the rear green cover. Lacking the map. Blue printed paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 182 x 121mm. Reference: Bagnall 420. 4 Rev. Thomas Buddle " The Aborigines of New Zealand: Two Lectures". Auckland: Williamson and Wilson 1851. 51 1 blank pages. Cover-title. Page dimensions: 213 x 131mm. Reference: Bagnall 739: "An outline of Maori life and custom." 5 Rev. Thomas Buddle "The Maori King Movement in New Zealand with a Full Report of the Native Meetings held at Waikato April and May 1860." Aucklnad: Published at the "New-Zealander" Office 1860. 72 2 blank pages. Printed pale yellow paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 214 x 134mm. Rare. Reference: Bagnall 740 - "The origins of the King movement so far as it was understood at the time by a noted Wesleyan missionary. Buddle saw the implications of settle anxiety for land as well as of Maori political organisation but circumstances made his temperate proposals impracticable." . [various] hardcover
1842013058London: John Russell Smith 1842. Book measures 35.5x23.cm. xvi125621pp. Bound in modern half calf calf corners cloth boards. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally some light tanning persistant underlining or annotations. Pages in good condition. A nice well bound copy.F. First Edition. Small Folio. Very Good. Half Calf. John Russell Smith
1844953F59London: Richard Bentley 1844 . Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. A very scarce complete two volume edition of Mary Berry's comparative study of the social condition of life in both England and France prior to the Revolution. A 'New Edition' complete in two volumes. In handsome morocco bindings.With a frontispiece to volume I.Her most famous work Berry published the first volume in 1828 under the title 'A Comparative View of the Social Life of England and France from the Restoration of Charles the Second to the French Revolution' and a second volume in 1931 titled 'Social Life in England and France from the French Revolution in 1789 to that of July 1830'.Berry offers a comparison of English and French society throughout history contrasting the aristocratic culture of France prior to the Revolution with the more restrained British society particularly in relation to manners governance and the role of women.Berry is notable for her association with close friend Horace Walpole whose literary collection she her sister and her father inherited. In full morocco bindings with gilt detailing to back strip and blind tooling to board perimeters. Light rubbing to back strip heads and tails and a touch of rubbing to front joint of volume II otherwise externally excellent. Internally firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed Richard Bentley hardcover
1879AQ29593London: James Clarke and Co. 1879. 40pp. With an engraved coloured folding map. Stitched as issued in original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. A trifle creased and marked. Internally clean and crisp. The sole edition of Wesleyan minister Joseph Berry's practical guide on emigration to New Zealand; specifically providing advice on purchasing land and finding gainful employment. OCLC records copies at 13 locations Amsterdam Auckland Libraries Auckland Museum Auckland University BL Cambridge Drew King's College London NLS Oxford State Library of NSW Trinity College Dublin and Wellington; COPAC adds no further. . First edition. 8vo. James Clarke and Co. unknown
1879P4285Toronto: H. Belden & Co. c. 1879. Very Good . Notes: A fine lithograph of Parliament Hill in the capital of Canada Ottawa during the late 19th century. This was done shortly after the completion of the redesigning of the grounds of the Parliament Buildings by architects Thomas Scott and Calvert Vaux. <br><br>Wilson Reed Berry 1851-1928 was an American painter. Berry submitted some drawings to the Beldon Atlas Company of Chicago. Hired as a sketch artist Berry traveled for ten years over thirty states and into Canada drawing and painting landscapes and pictures of farms and animals. Berry also drew the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa a work that was later sent to the royal family the same work that won him accolades from Queen Victoria.<br><br><br> Image Size : 325x652 mm 12.80x25.67 Inches Platemark Size : Paper Size : 440x688 mm 17.32x27.09 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Medium: Lithograph Categories: Views Canada Ontario Others; H. Belden & Co. unknown
1815147286London : Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1815. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. recent very attractive half green leather hardcover with marbled boards spine ruled and lettered in gilt with five raised bands new endpapers folding frontis map plus a further 29 plates one folding all correct as called for 348 pages scattered internal foxing and browning as usual otherwise a very attractive and complete copy in a very usable binding. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf H. <br/> <br/> Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown hardcover
1892907813London England: Percy Lund & Co 1892 Obviously A Well Read Book Shaken With 2 Gatherings Loose But Still Complete. Name And Details Of Previous Owner Front And Rear Eps. Slight Aging To Pages With Minor Foxing. Soiling To Top And Tail Of The Eps.The Binding Is Being Held Together B Y Cloth Tape Not Neatly Undertaken. Rounded Corner Top Book And Boards Scuffing And Some Small Pieces Missing But Still A Rare And Important Historical Record. Edited By H. Snowden Ward With Descriptions Of Procedures And Executions. A First Editioin Well Worth Rebinding And Preserving. Percy Lund & Co hardcover
1867ZB520825Portland Maine: Stephen Berry 1867-1916. volumes 1#1-23 25 27-40; 3#1-16 18-31 33-35 37 40; 4#3 6 8 9 11 13-14 16 18-22 30-32 34 36-40; 5#1-11 13-17 21-35; quarto all in original self-wrappers text age toned some edge worn or torn most issues have soft fold mark minor ownership markings to some issues volume 1#1 tattered fragmentary and in poor condition else overall good PRICE IS FOR THE LOT:. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Portland [Maine]: Stephen Berry unknown
18712240144Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son 1871. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover green cloth beveled boards with gilt text on front and spine. Exterior shows scuffing and soiling along with edge and corner bumps/wear. The top and bottom edges of the spine are missing sections of the cloth. The main reason for the very low condition grade of fair is because the first end page has been torn out presumably to take out the signature of the original owner. There is only one blank and page and the front still present. The only handwriting that was found in the book is opposite the title page no other markings noted. Pages are toned due to age and there is some pulling and spots and the rear hinge is cracking. This book is in early temperance publication on the evils of liquor and is uncommon to find the original publication - even in this condition. <br/> <br/> Alfred Mudge & Son hardcover
181928272London. Printed by Strathan and Spottiswoode Printers-Street; for Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown: and James Ridgway. 1819 1819. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. 28cm first edition ciii150p. foot-notes in half brown calf gilt ruled raised bands crushed crimson morocco label with gilt borders and titles marbled boards armorial bookplate a fine copy attractively bound . - Lady Russell married Lord Russell in 1669 and the series of letters some addressed by her former married name "R. Vaughan" are to her husband are dated from 1672 to within a year of his execution in 1683. "These letters are written with such a neglect of style and often of grammar as may disgust the admirers of well-turned periods and they contain such frequent repetitions of homely tenderness as may shock the sentimental readers of the present days. But they evince the enjoyment of happiness built on such rational foundations and so truly appreciated by its possessors as too seldom occurs in the history of the human heart" editor. London. Printed by Strathan and Spottiswoode, Printers-Street; for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown: and James Ridgway. 181 hardcover
1828d161.001GB: Sherwood Gillbert and Piper 1828. Not dated but perhaps about 1828. Supplement about 1840. Armorial bookplates of Tompkins Vols 2 and 3 and name J C Tompkins top right of blanks at start 1-3 and Edward Tompkins top of title page 4. V1-3 bound in old full leather V4 in brown half leather and cloth. Spines with raised bands are lettered on twin title labels and decorated in gold. Spines all match and it appears that 1-3 have been rebacked to match 4 which is not rebacked. Some spotting throughout heavier mostly to early and late leaves and text edges. Most of the plates in the plate volume are noticeably browned/spotted some heavy. Just a good working set. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY 2025 GB £10. Packed weight 9000g. NOT AVAILABLE OVERSEAS . 1st Edition. Hardback. Good/No DW. Sherwood, Gillbert, and Piper Hardcover
1833097404London: Sherwood Gilbert and Piper 1833. Book measures 14 x 9 inches. Collation xi13791pp. Bound in early half calf calf corners marble boards raised bands gilt lettering top gilt edge. Calf lightly rubbed some scuff marking. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally previous owners bookplate. Pages clean throughout. A very nice clean copy. . First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good. Large Quarto. Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper Hardcover
1900524899London: Sherwood Gilbert and Piper 1900. Hardcover complete 3-volume set fully bound in dark green leather with gilt borders to front and rear spine with 4 raised bands and gilt printing marbled page block and marbled endpapers. Publish date not printed presume ca. 1830. Volumes I&II text Volume III plates. Each volume features previous owner's bookplate with family crest MacKenzie Fawley Court featuring the words "Always Faithful Luceo Non Uro" on a banner above and images of a stags head and a hanging body below. Spines are all scuffed and worn as are board edges and corners plus some light shelf wear and scoring to front and rear on each. Foxing to a few pages of Vol. III otherwise the internal contents remain clean and unmarked binding is sound and spines are tight. AD. leather. Very Good. Used. Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper Hardcover
1833818F41London: Sherwood Gilbert and Piper 1833. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 14" by 9". None. The first edition of this exhaustive nineteenth century heraldic work tracing the genealogy of Hertfordshire's families from the 1530s to the 1830s. The first edition of William Berry's extensive and impressively detailed study of the genealogy of Hertfordshire and its major families.Consisting of countless pedigrees and genealogical tables and charts Berry collected the information presented here from heraldic visitations 'authentic manuscripts' found in the British Museum and private records.Rebound in full cloth and retaining the original half title the stamp of the 'Incorporated Law Society' appears to the half title title page head of two further leaves and to final leaf. Rebound in full cloth with endpapers renewed. Externally fine. Internally firmly bound. Library stamp to half title title page head of two further leaves and to final leaf. Reinforcements to title page perimeter. Pages generally clean and bright with light handling marks to first few leaves and the odd spot. Significant handling marks to first leaf of preface. Very Good Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper hardcover
186692332London: Longmans Green and Co 1866. 2nd ed. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 volumes frontises illustrations index xli 492 549 567p. Attractive red quarterbinding. 22 cm. Minor cover wear and spotting including some visible rubbing mostly at cover corners. Modest damage to fore-edge of several pages in Vol. III. Edited by Lady Theresa Lewis. The first edition was published in 1865. According to the brief "Advrtisement to the Second edition" Lewis had died soon after the first edition was published in 1865 so the task of revision fell to other unnamed individuals. Mary Berry and her younger sister Agnes became great friends of Horace Walpole and lived for many years at Little Strawberry Hill which they inherited after Walpole's death Mary wrote or edited various books the most famous of which was a 2 volume work titled in part "A Comparative View of the Social Life of England and France .". Longmans, Green, and Co hardcover
18331009R9London: Sherwood Gilbert and Piper 1833 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 14" by 9". None. The first edition of this exhaustive nineteenth century heraldic work tracing the genealogy of Hampshire's families from the 1530s to the 1830s The first edition of William Berry's extensive and impressively detailed study of the genealogy of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and its major families.Consisting of countless pedigrees and genealogical tables and charts Berry collected the information presented here from heraldic visitations 'authentic manuscripts' found in the British Museum and private records.Bound in half crushed morocco. Bound in half crushed morocco. Externally smart but rubbed to extremities and joints. The odd mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Larger loss of leather to rear board. Pages clean but lightly toned with spotting to first and last few leaves. With prior owner's bookplate to front paste down. Very Good Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper hardcover
182813441London: Sherwood Gilbert and Piper. 1828. Hardcover. Good. Set of three volumes. The volumes are rebound in brown buckram. Volumes I and II are an alphabetical dictionary of thousands of heraldry terms. Volume III is a plate volume with hundreds of illustrations of coat-of-arms. A fabulous early heraldry set. . Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper hardcover
187085807London England: Ward Lock and Tyler 1870. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo 8.4 x 6.5 in. pp. xii 9-227. Illustrated with frontispiece and 53 additional black and whole line drawings. Possible replacement image to p. 80. Red cloth boards with black frame gilt title and black and gilt-framed black illustration to front. Gilt title to spine. Rubbing to extremities; light soiling to boards. Bumped corners several worn through to cardboard. Marbled endpapers. One inch tear to top of rear joint; Shelf-fraying to spine caps. Interior unmarked. "Now that the doors have closed to get ready for the big move volunteers and staff have started the Herculean task of cataloging and packing each artifact. During my usual afternoon to volunteer I found this book. It was so interesting that I had to write about it. The book's title is "Freaks of Fashion" with illustrations of the changes in corsets and crinolines from remote periods to the present time. It was printed in London by Ward Lock and Tyler Warwick House Paternoster Row. Looking in the last chapter "the present time" was around 1868. <br /> <br /> The first example of a corset was a description of a primitive man making himself a wide belt to hold his knife quiver and other hunting gear. For security he used laces to tighten the belt so it would stay in place. The last illustration in the book is of two ladies wearing the 1868 fashion of a glove-tight-fitted corset along with a cage undergarment called the Zephyrina jupon. <br /> <br /> As I read through the book and enjoyed the illustrations I realized that women and girls had only a few fashions that didn't have them strapped into some kind of contraption so tightly that some would faint. The corset was made from many types of material. Some were made with heavy cloth such as sailcloth and were laced in the front. Others were made of cloth with bone or metal called stays. Those corsets usually hooked in the front and laced in the back. During the reign of the first Queen Elizabeth corsets were made of metal. One description by a French writer is: "This formidable corset was hardened and stiffened in every imaginable way; it descended in a long hard point and rose stiff and tight to the throat making the wearers look as if they were imprisoned in a close-fitting fortress." <br /> <br /> Crinolines are another undergarment that came in and out of fashion. One style was a round hoop of crinoline that extended out from the waist for over 18 inches and draped downward. This style did not go to the floor. Women could show her ankles! There were crinolines that had hoops spaced down the skirt. Each hoop was larger than the one before. This style helped with the illusion of a very small waist. Other fashions had women and men wearing up to three or four ruffs around their necks which restricted turning their head. There were big ruffs made like a large fan that was worn behind the lady's head. <br /> <br /> This book also has information on jewelry shoes stockings and makeup worn with each fashion. Since "Freaks of Fashion" was written before the bustle was designed I wonder what the authors would have said about it." from The Tribune Star Terra Houte IN. Ward, Lock, and Tyler hardcover
1833033630London.: Sherwood Gilbert and Piper. 1833. First printing. . Hard. Good. Folio. 13 1/4". Illustrated with family coats of arms. Good. Rebound in quarter cloth and marbled boards with gilt lettered calf tile to spine. Gathered a little too tightly so as to lack much of a margin at the gutter. Single library stamp to title page verso. Slightly foxed to first and last few leaves. xi 379pp. <br/> <br/> Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper. unknown
