Details
[COSTUME]. A Century of Fashions. From Contemporary Magazines, 1800-1900. Compiled by M. J. Levey [manuscript title]. N.p., n.d. [circa 1910]. Bound volume containing manuscript title-page with ornately drawn floral border in colors and floral tailpiece at end; 100 hand-colored engraved costume plates extracted from various nineteenth century ladies magazines (one for each year and mostly dated in the plate), each set into a larger sheet and bound in chronological order with each plate's respective date neatly written in the lower margin of each sheet. 4to, full brown morocco gilt-decorated in Art Deco style, a little wear at corners.
Provenance
Marshall Field, with his bookplate.