The Whole Art of Dress

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Title
The Whole Art of Dress
Call Number (click link to view in library catalog)
IUB02657
Date Created
1830
Authors
Cavalry officer; Ingrey, Charles; Wilson, Effingham; Whiting, Charles
Full Title
The whole art of dress, or, The road to elegance and fashion, at the enormous saving of thirty per cent!!!: being a treatise upon that essential and much-cultivated requisite of the present day, gentlemen's costume : explaining and clearly defining, by a series of beautifully engraved illustrations, the most becoming assortment of colours and style of dress and undress, in all their varieties, suited to different ages and complexions, so as to render the human figure most symmetrical and imposing to the eye : also, directions in the purchase of all kinds of wearing apparel, accompanied by hints for the toilette, containing a few valuable and original recipes; likewise, some advice to the improvement of defects in the person and carriage : together with a dissertation on uniform in general, and the selection of fancy dress
Date
1830
Publisher
Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange
Location
London
Language
eng
Rights
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Type
Book
List of Contributors
Ingrey, Charles; Wilson, Effingham; Whiting, Charles
Bibliographic Citation
A Calvary Officer. The whole art of dress, or, The road to elegance and fashion, at the enormous saving of thirty per cent!!! Being a treatise upon that essential and much-cultivated requisite of the present day, gentlemen's costume. Explaining and clearly defining, by a series of beautifully engraved illustrations, the most becoming assortment of colours and style of dress and undress, in all their varieties, suited to different ages and complexions, so as to render the human figure most symmetrical and imposing to the eye. Also, directions in the purchase of all kinds of wearing apparel, accompanied by hints for the toilette, containing a few valuable and original recipes; likewise, some advice to the improvement of defects in the person and carriage. Together with a dissertation on uniform in general, and the selection of fancy dress. London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1830.

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