Godey Fashion Plates & Related Dover Books 

 
80 Godey's Full-Colour Fashion Plates 1838-1880

FROM THE PUBLISHER - Superb illustrations from a rare source provide authentic views of evolving Victorian fashions - from high necklines, elongated bodices, and fitted bonnets to extravagant bustles. The meticulously reproduced plates include depictions of dresses, gowns, and coats as well as accessories. A must for costume designers, cultural historians, and fashion enthusiasts. Introduction. Captions.

 
Racinet's Full Color Pictorial History of Western Costume

Children's Fashions from Godey's Lady's Book Paper Dolls

FROM THE PUBLISHER - 6 dolls and 42 elegant costumes from the mid-Victorian era, among them velvet coats and a cashmere jacket for the boys and fur-trimmed skating costumes, party frocks and flannel beachwear for the girls.  Recreated from the fashion pages of the definitive authority on American fashions of the mid-Victorian period.

Eighteenth-Century French Fashion Plates in Full Colour: 64 Engravings from the Galerie des Modes, 1778-1787

Civil War Recipes: Receipts from the Pages of Godey's Lady's Book

FROM THE PUBLISHER - Godey's Lady's Book, perhaps the most popular magazine for women in nineteenth-century America, had a national circulation of 150,000 during the 1860s. The recipes (receipts) it published were often submitted by women from both the North and the South, and they reveal the wide variety of regional cooking that characterized American culture.

There is a remarkable diversity in the recipes, thanks to the largely rural readership of Godey's Lady's Book and to the immigrant influence on the country in the 1860s. Fish and game were readily available in rural America, and the number of seafood recipes testifies to the abundance of the coastal waters and rivers.

The country cook was a frugal cook, particularly during wartime, so there are a great many recipes for leftovers and seasonal produce. In addition to a wide sampling of recipes that can be used today, Civil War Recipes includes information on Union and Confederate army rations, cooking on both home fronts, and substitutions used during the war by southern cooks.

 
Godey Costume Plates in Colour for Decoupage and Framing

FROM THE PUBLISHER - Full-colour engravings from 19th-century woman’s magazine depicting 19th-century Parisian haute couture of the day—gowns, dresses, bonnets, etc. Complete instructions for decoupage on wood; under glass; with acrylics. Printed one side only. List of suppliers.

 
Godey's Fashions Paper Dolls (1860-1879)

Godey's Fashions Paper Dolls (1860-1879)

FROM THE PUBLISHER - Included among these lovely mid-Victorian-era costumes are elegant evening dresses, bridal gowns, and daytime wear. All are faithfully rendered from the publication that was the 'last word' on clothing styles of the period.  Outfits are accompanied by hats and fanciful hair styles of the period.  2 dolls on gatefold cover and 16 costume plates. Dover Original.

Full-Colour Victorian Fashions; 1870-1893

FROM THE PUBLISHER - 52 extremely rare plates depict the latest in chic apparel for the well-to-do, including elegant day dresses with leg-o'-mutton sleeves, fur-trimmed hunting outfits, ruffled dresses for a day at the seaside, lavish evening wear with plunging necklines, a parade of millinery styles and much more.

From the most popular French fashion magazines of the late 19th century-52 extremely rare plates depict the latest in chic apparel for the well-to-do. Also featuring elegant day dresses with leg-o'-mutton sleeves, fur-trimmed hunting outfits, ruffled dresses for a day at the seaside, elaborately ornamented costumes for theatrically inclined lades and children, lavish evening wear with plunging necklines, a parade of millinery styles and much more. A splendid archive, with captions, for use by theatre and motion picture designers, artists, fashion historians, and casual browsers.

 
Elegant French Fashions of the Late Nineteenth Century: 103 Costumes from La Mode Illustrée, 1886

 
Full-Color Sourcebook of French Fashion: 15th to 19th Centuries (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)

FROM THE PUBLISHER These superb colour plates, by Hippolyte Pauquet and his brother Polydore, reproduced directly from a rare and valuable nineteenth-century publication, depict 800 years of French fashion. Starting with the flamboyant headgear and voluminous robes of fifteenth-century royalty, the artfully rendered illustrations progress chronologically to the Empire styles of the Napoleonic era. Members of the nobility and upper classes are well represented here, with portraits of court ladies and gentlemen, pages, and chevaliers; bourgeois fashions appear as well, along with the more modest attire of peasants, chambermaids, and shepherdesses. Historic personages include King Henri IV, Madame de Pompadour, Madame Du Barry, and Marie Antoinette. This beautifully reproduced volume will serve not only as a valuable reference for professional costume historians but also as a grand treat for amateur fashion enthusiasts. Dover Original selection of plates from Modes et Costumes Historiques - 75 full-colour plates.

Tudor Costume and Fashions

FROM THE PUBLISHER - Monumental, profusely illustrated study of English fashions from 1485 to 1603. Highly authentic, detailed survey exuberantly describes clothing, headgear, hairstyles, jewellery, collars, footwear, more worn by royalty, nobility, middle and lower classes. Most illustrations from contemporary sources. Invaluable resource for fashion historians and costume designers and irresistible to anyone fascinated by the pageantry of fashion history. 1,000 b/w figures. 24 halftones. 22 colour plates.

Authentic Everyday Dress of the Renaissance: All 154 Plates from the Trachtenbuch

FROM THE PUBLISHER - Classic costume book of the 16th century depicts dress of Europeans (especially Spanish) of all classes. Special section on Aztec Indians brought to Spain by Cortes and sketched from life there by Weiditz. All 154 original plates have been meticulously reproduced, complete with English captions. Indispensable resource for costume and cultural historians--anyone interested in how life was lived in the mid-16th century.

 
Easy-to-Make Godey's Doll: With Instructions and Ready-to-Use Patterns for a Complete Wardrobe

FROM THE PUBLISHER - Complete instructions and specially printed dress patterns for 1850's-style fashion doll and wardrobe. Doll, hairdo, fashions taken from Godey's Lady's Book, 19th-century style, manners periodical. Complete authentic wardrobe illustrated.

Parisian Fashions of the Teens: 352 Elegant Costumes from L'Art et la Mode

FROM THE PUBLISHER - Striking black-and-white illustrations of early 20th-century fashions--from elegant, high-necked hobble-skirted gowns of 1910 to the loose-fitting, barrel-shaped dresses of 1919. Includes figures garbed in rich furs, sumptuous fabrics, swooping drapes, clutched cloaks, "harem" pants, lounging pajamas, leg-revealing beach wear, and much more. A delight for nostalgia fans. Invaluable to fashion historians, designers, and collectors. 120 b/w plates.

Historic Costumes in Pictures: 1450 Costumes on 125 Plates

FROM THE PUBLISHER - Over 1,450 costumed figures in clearly detailed engravings-from dawn of civilization to end of 19th century.