1872-1873 The Ladies; A Journal of the Court, Fashion and Society

Description

Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Very Scarce

The complete 1872 run of the very scarce Victorian era fashion periodical 'The Ladies', from March 1872 to January 1873, bound in three volumes.

Weekly issues, each running just over twenty pages, and featuring contemporary adverts to the rear, and a supplement to each issue.

Volume I begins with Vol I. No I., Saturday, March 30th 1872 and concludes with No. 14, Vol 1., Saturday, June 29th 1872. With seven hand coloured fashion plates.

Volume II begins with No. 15, Vol. I, Saturday, July 6th 1872, and concludes with No. 27, Vol. II, Saturday, September 28th, 1872. Illustrated with seven hand coloured fashion plates, and one further plate.

Volume III begins with No. 28, Vol. II, Saturday, October 5th 1872, and concludes with No. 41, Vol. II, Saturday, January 4th, 1873. This volume also includes a separately paginated extra Christmas number. Illustrated with four hand coloured fashion plates, and two further colour plates.

With illustrations and discussions of fashionable hairstyles, capes and shoes, and eighteen hand coloured fashion plates, each depicting two women in ideal contemporary dress. Articles discuss the popular fashions of the day - based on Parisian designs - and with discussions of 'Theatre Gossip', new operas and performances being held, and notices of births and marriages.