Author: [FASHION]
Title: Queen, the
Description: London: The Queen, 1870. Paris Fashions 1870-1890 One hundred and twenty-two hand colored engraved plates [FASHION]. The Queen. The Lady's Newspaper and Court Chronicle. Latest Paris Fashions Presented to the subscribers to the Queen.. The Queen: London, January 1st, 1870 - February 1st, 1890. Large folio (15 9/16 x 10 3/4 inches; 395 x 273 mm). One hundred and twenty-three hand colored fashion plates, many by A. Chaillot after Guido Gonin (1833-1909). Some scattered light foxing, otherwise fine. Contemporary dark green morocco over brown cloth boards. Neatly rebacked, spine ruled and lettered in gilt. marbled endpapers. These plates are the from the 'supplement' to The Ladies Newspaper - Ladies Paris Fashions. A fine collection. The Queen: The Ladies Newspaper and Court Chronicle or simply The Queen was a magazine created in 1864 in London. The title became "Queen in the 1950s, then "Harpers and Queen" in the UK and then part of the British Harper's Bazaar. In 1861 Samuel Orchart Beeton, the husband of Mrs. Beeton, had founded a paper named "The Queen" about fashion and culture for upper class women of society. Edward William Cox bought the title the following year and at the same time he bought the Queen's rival that was named "The Ladies' Paper". He merged the two publications into "The Queen: The Ladies Newspaper and Court Chronicle" in 1864. Elizabeth Lowe was offered the position of editor with Howard Cox (the owner's nephew) as overall manager of the enlarged magazine. .

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