d1. 1815 ANTIQUE EDWARDIAN ENGLISH SOCIAL ETIQUETTE FASHION PLATES BOOK. The Mirror of Graces; or The English Lady's Costume, combining and harmonizing taste and judgement, elogance and grace, modesty, simplicity and economy, with fashion is a dress and adapting the various articles of female of embellishments to different ages, forms and complexions, to the seasons of the year, rank and situation in life. With careful advice on female accomplishments, politeness and manner; the cultivation of the mind and the dispositions and carriage of the body, offering also the most efficacious means of preserving beauty, health and loveliness. The whole according with the general principles of nature and rules of proppriety by a lady of distribution.


Published by I Riely NY 1815.240 pages + hard bound cover and 4 fashion plates. Some cover soiling and wear, including edges and corners, spine frayed at head and tail. Leather spine worn. Good binding, some text foxing, some creased text corners, penciled writing ifc. It measures 3 1/2" x 5 3/4" x 3/4". A nice find.

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