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Illustrated Handbook of Western European Costume: Thirteenth to Mid-Nineteenth Century
by Iris Brooke

ISBN: 0486427471
Dover Publications Price: $19.95 		click here to see this book


This valuable survey uses theatrical costumes as contemporary clues to the wearing apparel that was in vogue in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, and Flanders from 1260 to 1840. Enhanced with the author's charming, accurately rendered illustrations, the study meticulously describes more than 200 costumes. Immensely useful to costume and cultural historians. 176 black-and-white illustrations.

Table of Contents for Illustrated Handbook of Western European Costume: Thirteenth to Mid-Nineteenth Century
VOLUME ONE: THIRTEENTH TO SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
INTRODUCTION
THIRTEENTH CENTURY
FOURTEENTH CENTURY
FIFTEENTH CENTURY
SIXTEENTH CENTURY
VOLUME TWO: SEVENTEENTH TO MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY
INTRODUCTION
THE THEATRE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY DRESS
THE THEATRE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY DRESS
THE BEGINNING OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
INDEX TO BOTH VOLUMES