The ladies' hand-book of millinery and dressmaking : $b With plain instructions for making the most useful articles of dress and attireAnonymous
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The ladies' hand-book of millinery and dressmaking : $b With plain instructions for making the most useful articles of dress and attire
Anonymous
Clothing and dress -- Patterns; Millinery -- Patterns; Needlework -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Sewing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
A Series of HAND-BOOKS FOR LADIES, edited by an _American
Lady_--elegantly bound with fancy covers and gilt edges. Imperial 32mo.
No. 1. =BABY LINEN=--
Containing Plain and Ample Instructions for the preparation of an
Infant’s Wardrobe; with _engraved patterns_.
“Indispensable to the young wife.”--_World of Fashion._
No. 2. =PLAIN NEEDLEWORK=--
Containing Clear and Ample Instructions whereby to attain proficiency
in every department of this most Useful Employment; with engravings.
“It should be read by every housekeeper, and is highly useful to the
single lady.”--_Ladies’ Court Circular._
No. 3. =FANCY NEEDLEWORK AND EMBROIDERY=--
Containing Plain and Ample Directions whereby to become a perfect
Mistress of those delightful Arts; with engravings.
“The directions are plain and concise, and we can honestly recommend
the volume to every reader.”--_New La Belle Assemblee._
No. 4. =KNITTING, NETTING, & CROTCHET=--
Containing Plain Directions by which to become proficient in those
branches of Useful and Ornamental Employment; with engravings.
“A more useful work can hardly be desired.”--_Court Gazette._
No. 5. =EMBROIDERY ON MUSLIN AND LACEWORK, AND TATTING=--
Containing Plain Directions for the Working of Leaves, Flowers, and
other Ornamental Devices; fully illustrated by Engravings.
“It should find its way into every female school.”--_Gazette of
Education._
No. 6. =MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING=--
Containing Plain Instructions for making the most useful Articles of
Dress and Attire; with engraved patterns.
“In this age of economy, we are glad to welcome this practical
book.”--_La Belle Assemblee._
THE WHOLE FORMING A USEFUL AND ATTRACTIVE SERIES OF BOOKS. EACH WORK
COMPLETE IN ITSELF. _Any number sold separately._
A NEW AND SPLENDID FAMILY BIBLE.
=The Pictorial Bible=--Being the OLD and NEW TESTAMENTS, according
to the authorized version, with more than ONE THOUSAND ENGRAVINGS,
representing the _Historical Events_, after the most celebrated
pictures of WEST, RAFFAELLE, RUBENS, MICHAEL ANGELO, GUIDO, POUSSIN,
and CARRACCI. The LANDSCAPE SCENES, from original drawings, by MEYER,
CASSAS, FORBIN, FRAZER, LABORDE, and others; and the subjects
of NATURAL HISTORY, of COSTUME, and of ANTIQUITIES, from ANCIENT
SCULPTURE, and from the best sources, ancient and modern.--With
_full Marginal References_; the latest and most authentic MAPS; an
elegantly-engraved FAMILY RECORD; and the TEXT, from the Standard
Edition of the AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY.
Pictorial New Testament.
The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, with views of
places mentioned in the text, and accurate delineations of the costumes
and objects of Natural History.--With an AUTHENTIC MAP OF PALESTINE,
from _recent surveys_.
The Pictorial New Testament with the Book of Psalms.
Criminal History of England.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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