The Lady's new and elegant pocket magazine, or, Polite & entertaining companion for the fair sex
London: Alex Hogg, 1795. Hardcover. Brown full leather binding. Spine has five compartments, label, gilt lettering, and gilt decoration. 424 pp. plus index. Engraved plates. Fair, front board detached, spine leather cracked, part of spine missing, interior clean considering age. 6 of 11 plates listed in index are present. 5 of 11 have been removed. Item #178062
Quite rare: ceased publication. Volume 2. Includes short stories, poems, articles concerning famous women, fashion and beauty advice, monthly calendar of "provisions in season," charades, and anagrams. A look into the life of fashionable ladies in the late 18th century-early 19th century. Plates which ARE present: The Late Queen of France, Inside View of the Rotundo at Vauxhall, The Late King of France, Edwin and Matilda, The Happy Fireside, and View of Bath.
OCLC: 174074844
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