Modes and Manners of the Nineteenth Century as Represented in the Pictures and Engravings of the Time (Complete in 4 volumes)

Complete in four volumes. Vol 1: 1790-1817; xxii, 186pp. Vol 2: 1818-1842; x, 171pp. Vol 3: 1843-1878; x;164pp. Vol 4: 1879-1914; xiv, 214pp. Green cloth-covered boards, three colour design, gilt tiles on front and spine. Spine ends and corners bumped, both starting to fray. Illustrated endpapers. Previous owner's name on all front free endpapers. Some light foxing to prelim pages. Text block clean on all volumes. Comprehensive study of 19th century dress translated from the German by M Edwardes with an introduction by Grace Rhys. Illustrated throughout with colour illustrative plates, black and white illustrations (most in-text) and some black and white photographs.