My mistake, I was looking at this page:http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=cyclopedia%20costume and read "...commencement of the Christian era to the accession of George the Third (Volume 2, Pt.1)" My eyes and brain read Third Volume....
Sg > Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:59:15 -0600 > From: ro...@netherton.net > To: h-cost...@indra.com > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Cyclopedia of costume > > Saragrace Knauf wrote: > > The online version lists at least 3 volumes.... > > Sg > > What am I missing? I downloaded a 30MB .pdf. It ends abruptly at p.272 > midsentence. > > The title page says "IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. THE DICTIONARY." That's > consistent with WorldCat listings that say Vol. 1 is the dictionary and Vol. > 2 > is a general history. > > A few pages later, there's a note to "subscribers" (presumably people who > would have paid in advance and received the work in sections) noting that > they > should save the illustrations "for binding with the General History, for the > illustration of which they were specially designed." However, for "those who > prefer dividing the plates," there's a suggested placement for eight of the > illustrations within the Dictionary. The last of them is to go across from p. > 499, so obviously I'm missing almost half of the book, or more. > > Did I miss downloading another file? > > --Robin > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
