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"A
Complete View of the Dress and Habits of
the People of England, from the
Establishment of the Saxons in Britain to
the Present Time, Illustrated by
Engravings taken from the most Authentic
Remains of Antiquity. To which is prefixed
an Introduction, containing a general
Description of the Ancient Habits in use
among Mankind, from the earliest Period of
Time, to the Conclusion fo the Seventh
Century.
By
Joseph Strutt. Vol. I. London: Printed by
J. Nichols, for J. Edwards, Pall-mall; R.
Edwards, Bond-street; B. and J. White,
Fleet-street; G. G. and J. Robinson,
Pater-noster-row; and J. Thane,
Spur-street, Leicester-square. M DCC XCVI
[1796]."These are from this1st
edition
Joseph
Strutt (1749-1802) was an English
engraver, historian, artist, antiquary,
and author all rolled into one. He is best
known for his incomparable illustrations
of English history and culture. In the
summer of 1771, as a reader in the British
Museum, he was commissioned to draw
illustrations based on medieval
manuscripts. The result was his first
work, the Royal and Ecclesiastical
Antiquities of England, in 1773. Joseph
was interested in the, hand-drawn
illustrations of dress he saw in these
manuscripts, a number of which dated back
to Saxon times. The next work was the
two-volume set of The Dress and Habits of
the People of England. Volume I was
published in 1796, with Volume II
appearing in 1799. He sorted through vast
amounts of primary material to illustrate
and write his histories,
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Joseph
Strutt (1749-1802)
This
set is of full-page sepia-tinted mezzotint
engravings, not the later copper line
engraving often found tinted by helpful
Victorian ladies.
Page
size Royal Quarto = 10 to 10.75 inches
tall £8 each unmounted
All
from the first volume 1796
Some
have some faint foxing all are shown to
enhance faults ie pictured from the base
in good daylight
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Plate
2
The
Saxon Tunic as worn in the 8THC
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Plate
3
The
Anglo Saxon Monarch
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Plate
4
The
Anglo Saxon Nobleman
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Plate
5
The
Saxon Mantles
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Plate
7
A
Personage of Distinction
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Plate
8
A
Personage of Distinction
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Plate
10
the
Dresses of the Women
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Plate
11
Summer
Dress and Travelling
Habit
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Plate
12
The
Anglo Saxon Lady
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Plate
15
Ecclesiastical
Habits
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Plate
16
Aldhelm
Bishop of Sherbon ( Sherborne)
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Plate
17
The
Anglo Saxon Monarch 9thC
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Plate
18
Dresses
of the 9th C
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Plate
20
A
lady of the 9th C
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Plate
25
Ecclesiastics
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Plate
26
Abbot
Elfnoth
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Plate
27
Wulfstan
Archbishop of York
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Plate
28
Edward
the Confessor
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Plate
30
Norman
Rustics
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Plate
33
Anglo
Norman Nobleman
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Plate
34
Regal
State `Habit
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Plate
35
Henry
1 Henry 2
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Plate
36
Anglo
Norman Women
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Plate
37
Anglo
Norman Queen
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Plate
38
Dresses
of the 11th C
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Plate
39
Women
of the 12th C
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Plate
40
Ladies
of the 12th C
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Plate
41
Dresses
of the 12th C
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Plate
42
Norman
Dresses
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Plate
45
From
a monument of the 12th C Danbury Church
Essex
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Plate
46
A
monument of the 12th C Danbury Church
Essex
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Plate
47
Monastical
Habits
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Plate
48
Ecclesiastical
Habits
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Plate
49
Ecclesiastical
Habits
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Plate
50
Dunstan
archbishop of canterbury
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Plate
51
Rustics
13thC
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Plate
54
Habits
13thC
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Plate
56
Noblemen
13thC
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Plate
57
Regal
State Habit 13thC
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Plate
58
Coronation
Habit 13thC
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Plate
59
Henry
3
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Plate
60
Coronation
Edward 3
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Plate
62
Ladies
13thC
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Plate
63
Ladies
13thC
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Plate
64
Queen
13thC
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Plate68
Ecclisiatical
habits
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Plate67
Ecclisiatical
habits
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