Dec 14, 2006 - Sale 2098

Sale 2098 - Lot 270

Price Realized: $ 570
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(COSTUME.) Walker, Mrs. Female Beauty, as Preserved and Improved by Regimen, Cleanliness and Dress. One uncolored plate, plus 20 hand-colored plates forming 10 transformation costume scenes. 8vo, early calf gilt, neatly rebacked with the original back retained. first edition, with the half-title. London, 1837

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Unusual in that the 20 colored plates are paired into ten groups, with each group showing a before and after costume sketch, with a cutout for the woman's face.