[British Isles] Strutt, Joseph, and J.R. Planche
A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, From the Establishement of the Saxons in Britain to the Present Time...
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1842. In two volumes. Second edition, one of 25 copies with plates heigtened in gold. 4to. Illustrated with two hand-colored engraved frontispieces, and 151 hand-colored engraved plates, many plates bound out of sequence. Contemporary three-quarter brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, joints rubbed, covers rubbed with some losses to marbled paper of first volume, slight wear to extremities; top edges gilt, other edges trimmed; matching marbled endpapers. Front and rear hinge of second volume cracked; text and plates lightly toned; some scattered minor spotting. Brunet V 566; [Lowndes 2538]; [Colas 2825].Beautifully illustrated compendium of British dress, originally published in 1796-1799. This new and improved second edition was issued in both colored and uncolored versions, with an even more limited version like this with plates heightened in gold.