Author: James Robinson Planché

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-04

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9780267759699

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Excerpt from A Cyclopaedia of Costume, or Dictionary of Dress, Including Notices of Contemporaneous Fashions on the Continent, Vol. 2 of 2: And a General Chronological History of the Costumes of the Principal Countries of Europe, From the Commencement of the Christian Era to the Accession of George the Third; A General History of Costume in Europe All I propose to attempt in entering on so vast and really inexhaustible a subject is to show how few, after all, have been the Important alterations in the apparel and arms of mankind during the period of which we possess any reliable information; and that as History is said to repeat itself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book A Cyclopaedia of Costume, Or Dictionary of Dress, Including Notices of Contemporaneous Fashions on the Continent, Vol. 2 of 2 written by James Robinson Planché and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Cyclopaedia of Costume, or Dictionary of Dress, Including Notices of Contemporaneous Fashions on the Continent, Vol. 2 of 2: And a General Chronological History of the Costumes of the Principal Countries of Europe, From the Commencement of the Christian Era to the Accession of George the Third; A General History of Costume in Europe All I propose to attempt in entering on so vast and really inexhaustible a subject is to show how few, after all, have been the Important alterations in the apparel and arms of mankind during the period of which we possess any reliable information; and that as History is said to repeat itself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.