Picturesqu Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English. Illustrated in Fifty Coloured Engravings with descriptions

London: Thomas Mc Lean A good copy of the 2nd edition - undated but circa 1830 - with 50 hand coloured engravings. It is in a late nineteenth century binding with half leather and marbled boards. There is some fraying and loss at the top of the spine and wear to the front spine joint, with some splitting at the top. The bottom spine end has some rubbing and there is wear to edges and corners. Internally there is a small ownership label to the front endpaper and a pencil note on the initial blank. This tells the sad tale of how the book was given to the owner in 1879 but in a horrible accident involving several books, it got left out in the weather. The newer binding is likely to be down to this incident. There is an insert detailing the gift which was from the then Chief Constable of Manchester. Contents: frontispiece; title; plate list; 49 further plates with accompanying text pages. There is some spotting to the bottom outer corners of initial and final pages - affecting the frontispiece and plates 49 and 50. Plate 7 has a paper flaw at the top. Contents clean with occasional light marking and the odd spot. Size: 24 cm x 17 cm. Please enquire if you would like to see further images.