Shaw, Henry

DRESSES AND DECORATIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES [2 Vol., Complete]

London: William Pickering, 1843. First Edition. Quartos, Two Volumes. In Good plus condition. In matching full brown leather bindings with gilt decoration to boards; gilt roll along board edges and turn-ins; paneled spine with gilt decoration and gilt titling on colored leather labels; and marbled text block edges and endpapers, with bound-in ribbon bookmarks. Boards show moderate wear, with scuffing and scrapes on covers, rubbing along all edges, exposed board and bumping at the fore corners, and cracking, wear, and splitting to joints. Chipping to heads and tails of spines. Top board edges are blackened and somewhat chipped. Text block edges are moderately toned and lightly worn, with dust soiling to top edges. Light age toning and moderate foxing throughout, with heavier foxing on early pages (front free endpapers, half title pages, title pages, introduction etc.). Bookplate on Vol. II front pastedown; bookplate and label remnants on Vol. I front endpaper. Interiors otherwise clean.

CONTENTS: Vol. I ([196] pages, including plates 1-38); Vol. II ([230] pages, including plates 39-94). Shelved in Room F.

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Price: $1,000

NOTES

Henry Shaw was a notable Victorian-era historian and illustrator, known for his illustrated facsimiles of medieval manuscripts. His work largely covered early European history and archaeology, which were subjects of much fascination at the time. Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages is one of Shaw's most ambitious works, illustrating the fashion and culture of noblemen, women, and the clergy during the Medieval Period.