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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 ... : with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness, and manners ... / by a lady of distinction ...

Accession number
PML 152424
Creator
Lady of distinction, 19th cent.
Published
London : Printed for B. Crosby and Co. ... , 1811.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman; 1994.
Notes
Colophon: J. Swan and Son, Printers ...
Publisher's advertisements: p. [242]-[248].
"Recipes": p. [217]-234.
Card inserted at front, "P.P.W. Purl Parker Wightman, 1878-1965 Bound by Julia Parker Wightman, daughter of Mrs. Orrin S. Wightman (Purl Parker Wightman) in 1937 (box case dated 1938). Bound in seal skin, inlays in red oasis."
Description
vii, [2], 12-17, [2], xx-xxiii, [9]-241, [6] p., 4 leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
full green seal skin, tooled in gilt, with red morocco doublures, gilt-tooled PPW ; in red morocco box case by Julia Wightman 1938.
Classification
Department