Fashion and Fiction: Dress in Art and Literature in Stuart England Tapa dura - 2006

London and New Haven: 2005. 386pp with 214 colour and 10 monochrome illustrations. Hardback 28.8x23.6cms. ISBN: 0300109997. Focusing on portraits, engravings, fashion, plates, sculptures, and on many literary sources, the author presents a study of Stuart dress and its influences in society. Text in English.

Yale University Press 2005 Hardback. Very good. Very heavy - extra postage will apply; dj in good condition. Heavy - extra postage may be required.

New Haven and London: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art / Yale University Press, 2005. Hardcover. VG/VG. Black cloth over boards, gilt letters on spine; color illus. dj.; Illus. endpapers; 387 pp.; 224 bw and color figures. An in-depth study of Stuart fashion, drawing on portraits, engravings, sculpture, and literature of the time; Examines the ways in which costume was perceived within this time of great political, cultural, and social change; Wonderfully illustrated; Extensive text. Includes substantial bibliography.

Book cover like new, light wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket near new, light shelf wear; protected in fresh mylar cover.
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Relatively few garments survive from before the eighteenth century, and the history of costume in the preceding centuries must therefore rely to a great extent on literary and visual evidence. This book, the first of its kind, examines Stuart England through the mirror of dress. It argues that both artistic and literary sources can be read and decoded for important information on dress and the way it was perceived in a period of immense political, social, and cultural change.Focusing on the rich visual culture of the seventeenth century, including portraits, engravings, fashion plates, and sculpture, and on literary sources poetry, drama, essays, sermons the distinguished historian of dress Aileen Ribeiro creates a fascinating… Leer más

Yale, 2005. Fine book and dust jacket are clean, unmarked & solid. Not ex-library. 387pp, index, bibliography, chapter notes, color illustrattions, photos. Shipped in sturdy cardboard box. . Hard Cover. As New/As New. Large 4to.

Yale University Press. Very Good. 2006. Hardcover. 0300109997 . Very good copy in faintly marked DJ, tips kissed. ; The Paul Mellon Centre For Studies In British Art; 11.3 X 9.3 X 1.3 inches; 352 pages .

Yale University Press. hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!