(COSTUME) Strutt Joseph A Complete View of the Dress Habits

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(COSTUME.) Strutt, Joseph. A Complete View of the Dress Habits of the People of England, from the Establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the Present Time. 153 colored plates from manuscripts in the British Museum and the Bodleian. 2 volumes. Large 4to, diced Russia calf boards professionally rebacked in tan calf with burgundy and green spine labels, scattered light scuffing and some rubbing along top edges; occasional light foxing to plates. London: J. Nichols, 1796-99

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first edition of Strutt''s history of English dress from medieval times to the seventeenth century. It covers such topics as foreign influences, social interpretation, and hierarchical symbolism. Colas 2824; Hiler 820; Lipperheide 1001.