Search Results: dresses and decorations of the middle by shaw henry

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Cobb, Calif.: First Glance Books , 1998. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new. Physical description; 192 pages: illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. ""Adapted from the original edition produced in 1858 by Henry Shaw."" Title of original: Dresses and decorations of the Middle Ages. Includes index. Marbled endpapers. Subjects; Costume History, Medieval. Decoration and ornament. Historical fashion. Middle Ages.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Henry G. Bohn , 1858. Hardcover. Acceptable/Missing. Poor condition, reading copy only. Paper covered boards; backstrip missing, boards hanging on by threads; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; free front endpaper detached but present; board and list of engravings of Vol. II laid in; numerous illustrations throughout; unpaginated.

Hardcover. Very good. Colour illustrated title only, 48 hand-coloured plates, other colour-printed illus. and initials, and other wood-engraved illus. in text; text leaves unpaginated. folio (11.25 x 8in) orig. green embossed cloth, rebacked, slight wear on corners, This would appear to be the earliest edition, (with the 2pp preface describing the project dated 1840), like the copy in the University of Cambridge Library. This work was first published in parts in paper wrappers. No Jacket issued

London: Henry G. Bohn. Fair with no dust jacket. 1858. Hardcover. Two volume set. Quarter leather titled in gilt. Spine ends chipped/frayed, edges frayed. Hinges are reinforced. PO bookplate and stamped name. Moderate foxing. Many plates detached, laid in. Most if not all appear to be present. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

London: William Pickering. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. Half cloth with decorative boards, gilt titles. Two volume set. Boards/edges soiled/foxed, corners bumped. Mild scattered foxing. Stitching at gutter visible in a few spots. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: William Pickering, 1843. First Edition. Half and Full Leather. Good +. An unmatched set, volume one half red morocco and slightly larger in size, and volume two full black morocco. With 94 hand-colored plates in addition to many hand-colored vignettes and devices scattered throughout the text. Some foxing, mostly in the prelims. Ex-lib, with only evidence a perforated library stamp on the title of volume one.

London:: Henry G. Bohn,, 1858.. contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards.. Old bookplate in each volume; some scattered light foxing affecting few of the plates; about half of one of the four gilt-lettered spine labels lacking; binding scuffed and rubbed at extremities. . Folio,. Illustrated throughout in black and white and color.

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1858. Hardcover. Very good. Second edition. Quarto (11" x 8") containing both Volume I and Volume II, complete with 94 color plates and many additional illustrations and ornaments in the text. Bound by Potter and Sons in three quarter leather and marbled boards, with gilt spine with raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Bookplate of I.E. Lister-Empson on the front pastedown, light rubbing to boards and spine, mild to moderate foxing to text pages, but plates clean and bright. Shaw was a prolific architectural draftsman and illuminator who sought to preserve the past and provide models for artists and designers through the meticulour reproduction of a wide range of medieval and Renaissance ornamentation. Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages, which shows medieval costume, furnishings, stained glass, vestments, jewelry, and other decorative objects, is described by McClean (Victorian Book Design) as the most ambitious of Shaw's books, with "a considerable claim to… Read More

London: Henry Bohn. The First Edition. Two volumes. rubricated title pages, illustrated with 94 colour plates. A later rebind into crimson cloth,. Overall, a very solid, clean bright set in handsome bindings. Images can be supplied on request. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1843.

London : William Pickering , 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine set bound in the modern gilt-blocked buckram, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Title page repaired. Physical description; 2 v., 94 leaves of plates (some double) : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Notes; Added title-page in v. 1, illustrated and in colour: Dresses and decorations of the Middle Ages from the seventh to the seventeenth centuries. The plates are mostly hand-coloured engravings; the initials and decorations are colour printed from wood blocks. Subjects; Medieval. Costume — History — Medieval, (500-1500). Decoration and ornament, Medieval. Costume — History — 16th century. Middle Ages. Decoration and ornament — History. Clothing — history. Clothing and dress — Medieval. Costume — Medieval. Decoration and ornament, Medieval.