Author: ANON
Title: The Etiquette of Love, Courtship, and Marriage, to which is added The Etiquette of Politeness
Description: London and Halifax, Milton and Sowerby. 1866. Cloth, Sm 8vo. Hardback, 80mm x 128mm tall (3" x 5" approx.). 160pp , plus a hand-coloured frontispiece and two engraved plates, the first of which is stated as being the work of Lizars (presumably William Home Lizars,1788 - 30 March 1859). Minor rubs to cloth edges and corners and neat [early] owner's inscription to the blank head of the half-title. Otherwise very good, in the original blind-decorated, blue cloth-covered boards/gilt spine title/all edges gilt and, to the front board, the gilt decorated aphorism "Happy is the Man That Has Made Her His Wife" . [COPAC records only two copies, published respectively in 1850 & 1859.]. Good.

Keywords: Etiquette Folklore Folk Lore Manners Society Matrimony Marriage Wedding Ring


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