Author: Max Von Boehn
Title: Modes and Manners in Four Volumes
Description: London , George G. Harrap & Company Ltd. 1932-1935. Cloth. A set of Modes and Manners by Max Von Boehn. Translated from the German by Joan Joshua. Complete in four volumes. Volume I contains: From the Decline of the Ancient World to the Renaissance With 25 Plates in Colour and 220 Illustrations in Half-tone. Volume II contains: The Sixteenth Century With 16 Plates in Colour and 177 Illustrations in Half-tone. Volume III contains: The Seventeenth Century With 31 Plates in Colour and 195 Illustrations in the Text. Volume IV contains: The Eighteenth Century With 32 Plates in Colour and 229 Illustrations in the Text. The work was published in Germany under the title Die Mode: Menschen und Moden. Miss Joan Joshua, the translator, has increased its value for English readers by inserting occasional and explanatory or comparative footnotes. In blue cloth bindings in unclipped dustwrappers. Externally, a trifle rubbed. There is some evidence of previous damp staining to all volumes. Dustwrappers are generally smart, lightly rubbed in places. Spines are faded. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with some scattered light foxing, predominantly to the end papers Good . Ill.: None. Good/Very Good Indeed.

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