[Costume]:

$500 · Offered by William Reese Company

THE MIRROR OF THE GRACES; OR, THE ENGLISH LADY'S COSTUME. American edition after the first British edition of 1811. According to Bennett, "[t]his is said to have been the first color plate American fashion book...it is excessively rare." The handcolored copper plate engravings depict feminine attire suitable for various occasions: "Evening Dresses," "Morning or Domestic Dresses," "Carriage or Promenade Dresses," and "Opera or full Dresses." An illuminating, illustrated treatise on the female condition in early 19th-century America.

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