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A Series of Twenty-Nine Designs of Modern Costume; Drawn and Engraved .

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A Series of Twenty-Nine Designs of Modern Costume; Drawn and Engraved .

by Moses, Henry

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London: Printed by and for James Appleton, Queen's Row, Walworth, 1823. First edition, Appleton imprint. 28 of 29 engraved plates. 1 vols. Small 4to (8-1/4 x 7-3/4 inches). Original quarter morocco and boards, with title label on upper cover, " ... Thirty Plates [sic]. Price Two Guineas". Piece removed from flyleaf; title page mounted. Plates clean; very good. First edition, Appleton imprint. 28 of 29 engraved plates. 1 vols. Small 4to (8-1/4 x 7-3/4 inches). Delicate Flaxonesque engravings displaying Empire-style costumes and furnishings and scenes from literature (Pope's Belinda) and antiquity (Pericles) by Henry Moses (1782?-1870). He enjoyed "a great reputation for his outline plates, which are distinguished for the purity and correctness of the drawing. His art was peculiarly suited to the representation of sculpture and antiquities, and he published many sets of plates of that class " (DNB).
This work was published under various titles (DESIGN OF MODERN COSTUME) by several different London printers. Lipperheide 994; Colas 2143; Hiler p. 633

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Title
A Series of Twenty-Nine Designs of Modern Costume; Drawn and Engraved .
Author
Moses, Henry
Format/Binding
28 of 29 engraved plates. 1 vols. Small 4to (8-1/4 x 7-3/4 inches)
Book Condition
Used - Original quarter morocco and boards, with title label on upper cover, " ... Thirty Plates [sic]. Price Two Guineas". Piece remov
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Edition
First edition, Appleton imprint
Publisher
Printed by and for James Appleton, Queen's Row, Walworth
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1823
Keywords
Costume | Incompletes
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