This is a simply beautiful volume. Bound in superb full morocco with elaborate tooling, original chapters by promiment female authors, and then with full page fine engravings by Jackman, Rogers, Halpin, Forrest, etc., 

The last copy I saw on the market I think was $350ish and it has sold. Perhaps the finest trade volume published for women in the 19th century. It was issued for Christmas, 1855. It would be a lovely gift for Christmas 2020.

Howitt, Mary, Mrs. L. H. Sigourney, Mrs. Henry Tighe, Camilla Toulmin, Hannah D. Burdon, etc. The Book of Beauty. New York. Leavitt & Allen. 1855. 292pp.

4to size one of the finest trade bindings of the period we have seen; some minor wear and light bumping. Interior has some scattered toning and very light foxing. Full color chromolithograph in superb condition.