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Brides and Bridals [Two volume set]
London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1872. Very Good. Item #50296
London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1872. First Edition. Two octavo volumes; bound in contemporary blue half calf by J. Larkin with five raised bands, gilt stamping, and leather spine labels; edges stained bright yellow; marbled endpapers; 362; 364pp. Light wear to boards and corners bumped; bindings sound; pages unmarked; a Very Good set.
Includes chapters on myriad wedding matters including matrimonial customs of antiquity, the wedding and gimmal ring, and wedding cake; the author traces the latter to the practice of confarreatio and the sharing of a cake of emmer in ancient Rome.
Price: $250.00