[Rarebooks] FS: Get that Child into a Corset!! (1864)

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Caplin, Madame Roxey A[nne]. "HEALTH AND BEAUTY: or, Woman and Her
Clothing, considered in relation to The Physiological Laws of the Human
Body"

London; Kent and Co.: 1864. 3rd ed.

Madame Caplin was a famous Victorian-era corset maker, the inventor of the
so-called “hygienic corset”. This book, first published in 1856, agrees
with the critics of the corset that some makers have taken the garment too
far, made it too confining, and that such garments pose a danger to
health. She argues, however, that a properly made corset supports the
spine and breasts and shapes the body in such a way as to be beneficial to
the wearer. She provides chapters outlining how this works for infants
(for whom she has invented an “Umbilical Contracting Belt”), children,
teenagers, pregnant women, middle-aged women, older women, and those with
spinal deformities. In each case, after describing what the body needs and
how current, badly-designed corsets or other fashions can harm it, she
explains her own designs and how they help.

An appendix includes a number of press notices, going back to the 1840s,
which praise her work. All editions of this book are uncommon today- OCLC
locates just 3 examples of this edition.

Hardcover. 5.5”x8.5”, xvi + 204 pages with line illustrations, plus 5 b/w
plates; decorative initial letters. Bound in publisher’s green textured
cloth with gilt Greek-key border and titles; a little soil and wear, but
overall an exceptionally nice, clean, tight, bright copy. [09693] $400.00


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