The Follies & Fashions of Our Grandfathers (1807). Embellished with Thirty-seven whole-page Plates Including Ladies' and Gentlemen's Dress (Hand-Coloured and Heightened with Gold and Silver); Sporting and Coaching Scenes (Hand-Coloured); Fanciful Prints, Portraits of Celebrities, &c. (many from original copper-plates)
- SIGNED Drab boards with embroidered linen labels. Embroidered ribbon marker
- London:: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, 1886/7
London: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press 1886/7 Number 234 of 250 large paper copies, signed "Field & Tuer." The large paper copies included the earliest impressions of the plates, with the costumes "extra carefully tinted" and heightened with gold and silver. Drab boards with embroidered linen labels. Embroidered ribbon marker. Quarto. Some wear along back joint, endpapers lightly foxed. A very good copy of a fragile book. The present work is "an illustrated digest of the most amusing and characteristic matter contained in…[fashion] magazines more or less flourishing in the year 1807: (introduction).
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Title
The Follies & Fashions of Our Grandfathers (1807). Embellished with Thirty-seven whole-page Plates Including Ladies' and Gentlemen's Dress (Hand-Coloured and Heightened with Gold and Silver); Sporting and Coaching Scenes (Hand-Coloured); Fanciful Prints, Portraits of Celebrities, &c. (many from original copper-plates)
Author
Tuer, Andrew W
Binding
Drab boards with embroidered linen labels. Embroidered ribbon marker
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press: London:
Date
1886/7
Edition
Number 234 of 250 large paper copies, signed "Field & Tuer." The
Size
Quarto