Costume -- Themes, motives
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Bloom (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1995), by Richard Martin and Harold Koda (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
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Filed under: Costume- Stage Costuming (New York: Macmillan, 1939), by Agnes Brooks Young (page images at HathiTrust)
- Art in Costume Design: Practical Suggestions for Those Interested in Art, Sewing, History and Literature (Springfield, MA: Milton Bradley Co., 1920), by Edna Mann Shover (page images at Wisconsin)
- Fancy Dresses Described: or, What to Wear at Fancy Balls, by Ardern Holt, illust. by Lilian Young (page images at Wisconsin)
- Female Costumes, Historical, National, and Dramatic, in 200 Plates (London: Lacy, 1865), by Thomas Hailes Lacy (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Instructive Costume Design (first edition; Pelham, NY: Edward C. Bridgman, c1922), by Emil Alvin Hartman (page images at Wisconsin)
- Male Costumes, Historical, National, and Dramatic, in 200 Plates (London: Lacy, 1868), by Thomas Hailes Lacy (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Dressmaking: A Manual for Schools and Colleges (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, c1917), by Jane Fales (page images at Wisconsin)
- The Quaker: A Study in Costume (Philadelphia: Ferris and Leach, 1901), by Amelia M. Gummere (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Woman as Decoration: A Costume Book (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1920), by Emily Burbank (page images at Wisconsin)
- Oriental Costumes: Their Designs and Colors (New York: Brentanos, ca. 1922), by Max Tilke, trans. by L. Hamilton (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Manchu Dragon: Costumes of the Ch'ing Dynasty, 1644-1912 (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980), by Jean Mailey (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- Costume Index Supplement: A Subject Index to Plates and to Illustrated Text (New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1957), ed. by Isabel Stevenson Monro and Kate M. Monro (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fashioning Change: The Trope of Clothing in High- and Late-Medieval England (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2012), by Andrea Denny-Brown (PDF at Ohio State)
- Our New Clothes: Acquisitions of the 1990s (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1999), by Richard Martin, illust. by Karin L. Willis (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- Haute Couture (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1995), by Richard Martin and Harold Koda (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- Haute Couture (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1995), by Richard Martin and Harold Koda (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- Bloom (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1995), by Richard Martin and Harold Koda (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- Haute Couture (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1995), by Richard Martin and Harold Koda (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- History of Russian Costume from the Eleventh to the Twentieth Century (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1977), by T. S. Aleshina, I. I. Vishnevskaia, L. V. Efimova, Tamara Timofeevna Korshunova, V. A. Malm, E. Moiseenko, M. M. Postnikova-Loseva, and E. P. Chernukha (page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- No Great Magic (as published in Galaxy magazine, 1963), by Fritz Leiber (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
- The History of Fashion in France: or, The Dress of Women From the Gallo-Roman Period to the Present Time (New York, Scribner and Welford, 1882), by Augustin Challamel, trans. by Frances Cashel Hoey and John Lillie (multiple formats at archive.org)
- 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 (2 volumes; London: Printed by J. Nichols, 1796-1799), by Joseph Strutt
- 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 (new and improved edition, 2 volumes; London: H. G. Bohn, 1842), by Joseph Strutt, ed. by J. R. Planché
- The History of the Coronation of the Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Monarch, James II (London, 1687), by Francis Sandford and Gregory King (frame- and JavaScript-dependent page images at rarebookroom.org)
- The Mirror of the Graces: or, the English Lady's Costume (London: Printed for B. Crosby and Co., 1811), by A Lady of Distinction (page images at Wisconsin)
- McIan's Costumes of the Clans of Scotland: Seventy-Four Coloured Illustrations, With Descriptive Letterpress (reduced-size reprint; Glasgow: D. Bryce and Son: New York: F. A. Stokes Co., 1899), by James Logan, illust. by Robert Ronald McIan
- Clothing and Style: For Dressmakers, Milliners, Buyers, Designers, Students of Clothing, and Stylers (c1930), by William H. Dooley (page images at Wisconsin)
- Selected illustrations (unique bound volume of 80 images from Diversarum Nationum Habitus and other Bertelli works, ca. 1590), by Pietro Bertelli
- Selected illustrations (unique bound volume of 80 images from Diversarum Nationum Habitus and other Bertelli works, ca. 1590), by Pietro Bertelli
- Selected illustrations (unique bound volume of 80 images from Diversarum Nationum Habitus and other Bertelli works, ca. 1590), by Pietro Bertelli
- American Dresses 1790-1900: Identification and Significance of 148 Extant Dresses (second edition, expanded; Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, 2020), by Elsie Frost McMurry, ed. by Susan W. Greene, illust. by Cathie Simpson (PDF at Cornell)
- Costume Index Supplement: A Subject Index to Plates and to Illustrated Text (New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1957), ed. by Isabel Stevenson Monro and Kate M. Monro (page images at HathiTrust)
- Peasant Art in Italy (1913), ed. by Charles Holme
- Nuova Raccolta di Figurini Teatrali: Giusta il Costume Di Tutti i Tempi e di Tutte de Nazioni (text in Italian; Milan: Presso l'editore Ricordi, ca. 1828), ed. by Giovanni Ricordi, illust. by Gallo Gallina
- Masks of the Spirit: Image and Metaphor in Mesoamerica (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989), by Roberta H. Markman and Peter T. Markman, contrib. by Joseph Campbell (HTML at UC Press)
- Introduction to Peruvian Costume (Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, c1949), by Nathalie Herman Zimmern (page images at HathiTrust)
- George Washington Play and Pageant Costume Book (c1931), by United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission (multiple formats at archive.org)
- George Washington Play and Pageant Costume Book (c1931), by United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Clerical Dress and Insignia of the Roman Catholic Church (Milwaukee: Bruce Pub. Co., 1948), by Henry J. McCloud (page images at HathiTrust)
- Church Embroidery and Church Vestments, Profusely Illustrated: A Complete and Practical Guide to This Fascinating Art (Chevy Chase, MD: Cathedral Studios, c1939), by Lucy Vaughan Hayden Mackrille (page images at HathiTrust)
- On the Pallium, by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall (HTML with commentary at CCEL)
- A Defence of Cosmetics (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1922), by Max Beerbohm (page images at HathiTrust)
- Perfumery and Kindred Arts: A Comprehensive Treatise on Perfumery (Philadelphia: H. C. Baird, 1877), by R. S. Cristiani (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Toilet and Cosmetic Arts in Ancient and Modern Times: With a Review of the Different Theories of Beauty, and Copious Allied Information, Social, Hygienic, and Medical (London: R. Hardwicke, 1866), by Arnold James Cooley
- Appraisal of the Safety of Chemicals in Foods, Drugs, and Cosmetics (Austin, TX: Association of Food and Drug Officials of the United States, 1959), by United States Food and Drug Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
- Colourful Cosmetics and Jewellery, by Joe Crews (HTML at amazingfacts.org)
- Dictionnaire de la Beauté: ou, La Toillette Sans Dangers (in French; Paris: L. Cordier, 1826), by César Gardeton
- Perfumery and Kindred Arts: A Comprehensive Treatise on Perfumery (Philadelphia: H. C. Baird, 1877), by R. S. Cristiani (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin (1960), by Steffen Arctander (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Toilet and Cosmetic Arts in Ancient and Modern Times: With a Review of the Different Theories of Beauty, and Copious Allied Information, Social, Hygienic, and Medical (London: R. Hardwicke, 1866), by Arnold James Cooley
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