London And Paris Ladies' Magazine Of Fashion -

[London], 1859. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto size, approx. [140] pp. This volume contains fourteen issues of a leading women's fashions magazine, beginning with November 1858 (No. 335, Volume 31) and running through December 1859 (No. 348, Volume 32). Most issues have three colour plates and two black-and-white plates, and a few issues have only two colour plates.

This copy is better than most, as the plates are overall clean with bright colours; a fascinating look at women's fashion during the nineteenth century in the prominent cities of London and Paris.

___DESCRIPTION: Full slate grey cloth, blind-embossed ruled borders on the front and rear boards, the spine with four raised bands, decorative gilt borders and gilt lettering, patterned endpapers in red and blue, colour and black-and-white engraved plates throughout; quarto size (11" by 9"), approximately 140 unnumbered pages.

___CONDITION: Volume is very good, with a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; the boards are clean with some minor soiling, some rubbing to the spine and to the corners, and corners are bumped, the rear hinge is starting to split, but text block is still strong, some slight off-setting throughout, but especially onto the first colour plate of the April 1859 issue, rear free endpaper and flyleaves have creases to the top right corners, a few pages throughout have some slight soiling to the margins, but overall the interior pages are clean with bright colours.

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