SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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MALCOLM, James Peller.
Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London during the Eighteenth Century.

Supplementary to the author's "Anecdotes of the manners and customs of London from the Roman invasion to the year 1700." Includes indexes. Subjects covered are: Costumes, London history, architecture, clothing and dress, intellectual life, manners and customs.

Published
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, 1808.
References
Not in Abbey Life; Bobins 873.
Plates
12
Binding/Size
M=4to
Value
0-5000
Published
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, 1808.
Ref
5128

Quarto (11 1/8 x 9 inches), full mottled calf gilt by Riviere; modern brown cloth slipcase; black leather labels. Decorative gilt compartments to spine; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge, others uncut; gilt inner dentelles. Good copy. Fifty engraved plates, including twelve hand-coloured costume plates. Coloured plates in order: 1. Dress 1690-1715. 2. Dress 1721. 3. Dress 1735. 4. Dress 1738. 5. Dress 1745. 6. Dress 1752. 7. Dress 1766. 8. Dress 1770-73. 9. Dress 1779. 10. Dress 1785. 11. Dress 1797. 12. Dress 1807.