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Decline and fall of [hooped dresses] in the Roman empire
Title
Decline and fall of [hooped dresses] in the Roman empire, [circa 1860].
Physical Description
1 v. (26 p.) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Binding: original green linen-backed limp boards.
Title contains drawings of hooped dresses instead of text.
In English.
Provenance
Purchased from Justin Croft Antiquarian Books on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2010.
Summary
Manuscript of an illustrated satire on women's hooped dresses. The narrative, probably by a young Roman Catholic, is written on rectos only with a pen and ink illustration on every page. It describes the Pope's investigation of the problem of crinolines, which prevent women from entering the confessional, and ends with an auto-de-fé of hoops in "all the principal Piazzas."
Format
Archives or Manuscripts / Images
Added to Catalog
March 10, 2011
References
Decline and Fall of Hooped Dresses in the Roman Empire. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Decline and Fall of Hooped Dresses in the Roman Empire. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Genre/Form
Drawings (visual works)
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