8vo. A new series Vol. III. 312 pp. Bound in original half green polished calf over green cloth; raised bands ruled in gilt; double morocco spine labels of red and black lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; all edges red; contains seven full-page hand-colored plates of women's fashions; previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown; spine rubbed and worn; hinges cracked. Coloured leaves are clean and bright - many uncoloured woodcut illustrations to text. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. Four well-presented ladies, and a small girl, dressed in the latest (autumn?) fashions of the day. 2. A selection of 5 coloured bonnets: two of crepe, two of rice straw, and one of white tuile. 3. A pair of ladies, one in a walking dress of grey and white shot silk, trimmed with bands and shamrocks of green silk. A bonnet of Belgian straw, trimmed with green ribbon. The other in a white straw hat with a turned-up brim, trimmed with velvet, and an ostrich feather. Paletot made of grey and black plaid silk made to open like a gentleman's coat. The dress is made of plain glace silk, with two fluted flounces at the base, each one several inches in depth. 4. A pair of ladies in their summer dresses. One in a light mauve dress with a mantle of black silk, trimmed with three broad lace flounces, worn off the shoulder. Base of the dress, to a depth of half a yard, is adorned with puffings of lightband dark silk placed alternatively and in a slanting direction. The other is a dress of transparent muslin worn over a pink silk petticoat and trimmed at the bottom with five hemmed flounces. 5. A pair of ladies in traveling dresses. The body of one is open in the front, trimmed with a black and white silk ruche, finished with broad lace. The dress and shawl are made of the same material; grey and white chine grenadine. The other dress and cloak are light brown alpaca, trimmed with dark brown ribbon. Small green cravat and a hat of white straw, decorated with a large black velvet bow and a black and white feather on each side. 6. A bride and a bridesmaid and a small boy. The bride is dressed in a long veil of delicate Belgian lace; the dress is white silk, trimmed with white crepe and lace. The bridesmaid is dressed in white tuile, with a rose-coloured silk slip beneath. Veil of tuile, surmounted by a wreath of red and white roses. The boy is dressed in a blue poplin tunic trimmed with black silk velvet. 7. A pair of ladies out walking The lady in a walking dress has a straw bonnet trimmed with a black and green ribbon. The dress is of black silk, adorned with a light shade of green. Sleeve made with a deep turned-back cuff and an epaulet. The dinner dress is brocaded silk in a shade of 'rode du rou' trimmed with white silk ruches and red geraniums and worn with a long white sash with embroidered ends, edged with a fringe.