Lot 88
Egerton (Daniel Thomas) The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion, first edition, Thomas M'Lean, 1823 [watermark 1824]
Estimate: £1,000 - 2,000
Description
Egerton (Daniel Thomas) The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion, first edition,12 hand-coloured engraved plates, light scattered spotting, contemporary half calf with red morocco label to spine, upper cover detached, extremities rubbed, original upper wrapper bound in, [Abbey, Life 286; Bobins 642; Tooley 204], oblong folio, Thomas M'Lean, 1823 [watermark 1824]
⁂ Rare first edition; illustrating the essential qualities of a fashionable beau, the captions below providing ironic commentary on the foibles of the time.
Description
Egerton (Daniel Thomas) The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion, first edition,12 hand-coloured engraved plates, light scattered spotting, contemporary half calf with red morocco label to spine, upper cover detached, extremities rubbed, original upper wrapper bound in, [Abbey, Life 286; Bobins 642; Tooley 204], oblong folio, Thomas M'Lean, 1823 [watermark 1824]
⁂ Rare first edition; illustrating the essential qualities of a fashionable beau, the captions below providing ironic commentary on the foibles of the time.