The art of dress, or, Guide to the toilette
Subtitle: with directions for adapting the various parts of the female costume to the complexion and figure, hints on cosmetics, &c
By: embellished with engravings from designs by Frank Howard, Esq
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women and Transnational Networks; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women and Transnational Networks
Publisher: C. Tilt
Published: 1839
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 68
Subjects: Clothing and dress; Personal Beauty
Other titles: Guide to the toilette
Notes: Plate II is a cut-out overlay that modifies Plate I.

Machine stamped binding of blue diagonal rib cloth with blind triple rule border. Front board has central gilt cartouche formed by repeating stamp enclosing gilt title "Art of dress."

Publisher's advertisements: [2] p. at end.

Reproduction of the original from the Ida Rust MacPherson Collection, Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College.