Early Eighteenth-Century Fashions as Depicted in a Rare Publication

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I discovered this book in the course of a summer job cataloging rare books from the vault of a local seminary, a post I gained based upon a combination of past library experience and my ability with languages. I had honestly never expected to find interesting costume history information when surrounded by hymnals, catechisms, and sermons. But my work there has resulted in this publication and another in the writing stage, and I was thrilled to expand my costume history knowledge beyond my specialty, which is the nineteenth century. My colleagues at the Costume Society of America were excited about these illustrations, and I hope my future readers will find them equally enjoyable.

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