Item #203 Chronicles of Fashion; From the Time of Elizabeth to the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century, in Manners, Amusements, Banquets, Costume & Co. Stone Mrs.
Chronicles of Fashion; From the Time of Elizabeth to the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century, in Manners, Amusements, Banquets, Costume & Co.
Chronicles of Fashion; From the Time of Elizabeth to the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century, in Manners, Amusements, Banquets, Costume & Co.
Chronicles of Fashion; From the Time of Elizabeth to the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century, in Manners, Amusements, Banquets, Costume & Co.

Chronicles of Fashion; From the Time of Elizabeth to the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century, in Manners, Amusements, Banquets, Costume & Co.

London: Richard Bentley, 1845. First edition. CHRONICLES OF FASHION, FROM THE TIME OF ELIZABETH TO THE EARLY PART OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, IN MANNERS, AMUSEMENTS, BANQUETS, COSTUME, &C., Mrs. Stone Published by Richard Bentley, London (1845) First Edition Illustrated with 15 engraved portraits by John Cook. Novelist and social historian, Stone was raised in Manchester, UK. She wrote several social novels as well as this work and another on needlework (1840). Mrs. Stone discusses all facets of fashion and taste, from banquets and food to attire to theatre to fashionable watering places. Much attention is devoted to the lives and habits of the rich and famous, with descriptive vignettes of numerous "stars of fashion.". Bound in full polished calf full gilt spines and marble endpapers. Near fine. Item #203

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