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Creator:
Lady of distinction, active 19th century
Title(s):
The mirror of the graces, or, The English lady's costume : combining and harmonizing taste and judgment, elegance and grace, modesty, simplicity, and economy with fashion in dress : and adapting the various articles of female embellishments to different ages, form, and complexions : to the seasons of the year, rank, and situation in life : with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness, and manners : the cultivation of the mind and the disposition 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 propriety / by a Lady of distinction ; who has witnessed and attentively studied what is esteemed truly graceful and elegant amongst the most refined nations of Europe.
Additional Title(s):

Mirror of the graces

English lady's costume
Edition:
The second edition.
Published/Created:
London : Printed for B. Crosby and Co. Stationers' Court, Ludgate Street; and sold by all booksellers, 1811.
Physical Description:
vii, [2] p., pp. 12-17, [2] p., pp. x-xxiii [i.e. xiii], [2] p., 10-241, [7] p., 4 leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
GT737 .L33 1811
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Illustrations by James Hopwood; after H. Corbould.
Printed by J. Swan and Sons, 76, Fleet Street, London.
Publisher's advertisements: [7] p. at end.
BAC: British Art Center copy inscribed: Mary Hawkin, 1814. Bookplate, illustrated in the style of Aubrey Beardsley, of Wm. Truscott.
Subject Terms:
Beauty, Personal.
Clothing and dress -- Great Britain.
Costume -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Crosby, B. -- Publisher.
Etching, Colored -- Specimens -- 1811.
Etiquette -- Great Britain.
Fashion -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Hawkin, Mary -- Autograph, 1814.
J. Swan and Sons -- Printer.
Skin care and hygiene.
Stipple engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1811.
Truscott, William -- Bookplate.
Women -- Conduct of life.
Women -- Health and hygiene.
Women -- History.
Contributors:
Hopwood, James, approximately 1752-1819, engraver.
Corbould, H. (Henry), 1787-1844, ill.
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