A practical guide for the tailorĘs cutting-room; being a treatise on measuring and cutting clothing in all styles, and for every period of life from childhood to old age. With numerous diagrams and pictorial illustrations.

Joseph Couts.

Published by Glasgow: Blackie and Son, 1848

About this Item

1st ed. vii, [1], 27 plates (13 coloured), 166, [2], 18 diagram plates. Original binding, worn and marked but binding tight. Plates 1-7 have an old damp stain to the inner margin. Colour plates mostly very good with just some marginal spotting; some of the diagram plates have some age-darkening and/or foxing. A good copy of a scarce title. The plates give a fascinating insight into middle-class life in early Victorian England. Seller Inventory # wb16340

Bibliographic Details

Title: A practical guide for the tailorĘs ...

Publisher: Glasgow: Blackie and Son

Publication Date: 1848

Edition: 1st Edition