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 OF THE SEVENTH CENTURY. BY JOSEPH STRUTT. A NEW AND IMPROVED EDITION, WITH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES, BY J. R. PLANCHÉ, ESQ. F.S. A. AUTHOR OF THE HISTORY OF BRITISH COSTUME, ETC. VOL. I. LONDON: HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. MDCCCXLII. |