The mirror of the graces; or, the English lady's costume: combining and harmonizing taste and judgment, elegance and grace, modesty, simplicity and economy, with fashion in dress; and adapting the various articles of female embellishments to different ages, forms, and complexions; to the seasons of the year, rank, and situation in life: with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness, and manners; the cultivation of the mind and the disposition and carriage of the body: offering also the most efficacious means of preserving beauty, health, and loveliness. The whole according with the general principles of nature and rules of propriety
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The mirror of the graces; or, the English lady's costume: combining and harmonizing taste and judgment, elegance and grace, modesty, simplicity and economy, with fashion in dress; and adapting the various articles of female embellishments to different ages, forms, and complexions; to the seasons of the year, rank, and situation in life: with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness, and manners; the cultivation of the mind and the disposition and carriage of the body: offering also the most efficacious means of preserving beauty, health, and loveliness. The whole according with the general principles of nature and rules of propriety
London: Printed for B. Crosby and Co., 1811
[xiii], [1], [11]-17, [1], [9]-241, [7] p., [3] leaves of plates (col.) : 18 cm.
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Contents
[Frontispiece] Plate 3. Evening dresses, p. Plate 3
[Title page] The mirror of the graces; or, the English lady's costume, pp. [i]-[ii]
Preface, pp. [iii]-[viii]
Contents, pp. [ix]-xxiii [xiii] ff.
Description of the plates, pp. [11]-17 ff.
Preliminary observations on the subject, pp. [9]-19
General remarks on the manners and fashions of the past and present times, pp. 20-25
On the female form, pp. 26-41
The same subject, of female beauty, more explicity [sic] considered, pp. 42-58 ff.
Plate 1. Morning or domestic dresses, p. Plate 1
General thoughts on dress and personal decoration, pp. 59-84
On the peculiarities of dress, with reference to the station of the wearer, pp. 85-105
On the detail of dress, p. 106
Plate 2. Carriage or Promenade dresses, pp. Plate 2 ff.
[On the detail of dress cont'd], pp. 107-124
Plate 4. Opera or full dresses, pp. Plate 4 ff.
[On the detail of dress cont'd], pp. 125-137
On deportment, pp. 138-153
Peculiarities in carriage and demeanour, pp. 154-173
On the management of the person in dancing, and in the exercise of other female accomplishments, pp. 174-202
Continuation of the same subject, pp. 203-211
Conclusion, pp. 212-216
Recipes, useful and ornamental, pp. [217]-234
Notes explanatory, pp. 235-241 ff.
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