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Rare Book P.S. En 125 Vol.1. No.2. June 1860 [Ladies Child and Dog].jpg

The Englishwoman's domestic magazine

            Vol.1. No.2., June 1860

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These Primary Sources are arranged firstly by country of publication, then alphabetically by title.

England

La belle assemblée; or, Bell's court and fashionable magazine. London : Printed by and for J. Bell, 1806‐1832.

Volumes available: v.1 (1806) ‐ v.7 (1809);
new ser., v.1 (1810) ‐ v.30 (1824);
3rd ser., v.1 (1825) ‐ v.7 (1828:June)
ROM Call number: Rare Book P.S. Be 410
U of T Online Access
Public Online Access- HathiTrust

The Englishwoman's domestic magazine. London : S. O. Beeton, 1852-1879.

Volumes available: n.s., v.1:no.1 (1860:May) ‐ v.1:no.6 (1860:Oct.);
n.s., v.6:no.31 (1862:Nov.) ‐ v.6:no.36 (1863:Apr.)
ROM Call number: Rare Book P.S. En 125
U of T Online Access
Public Online Access-HathiTrust
Public Online Access-Google Books

The lady's magazine : or entertaining companion for the fair sex, appropriated solely to their use and amusement. Lady's magazine. London, England : 1770

Volumes available: 2nd ser., v.3 (1822) - v.10 (1829)
ROM Call number: Rare Book P.S. La 132
U of T Online Access

The lady's magazine : or entertaining companion for the fair sex, appropriated solely to their use and amusement. Lady's magazine. London, England : 1770

Volumes available: 2nd ser., v.3 (1822) - v.10 (1829)
ROM Call number: Rare Book P.S. La 120

The queen. London : s.n., 1861-1970.

Volumes available:  1869:Feb. 13:pp.97-100; Feb. 27:pp.135-138; Sept. 18:pp.173-176; Oct.
9:pp.209-212
1870:Jan. 22:pp.53-56; Feb. 12:pp.101-104
1871:May 6:pp.295-298; May 20:pp.327-330
1883:May 26:pp.471-474; June 16:pp.563-566; June 30:pp.611-614; Sept. 8:pp.225-226,231-234
1893:May 20:pp.801-832; May 27:pp.854-892; June 24:pp.1044-1082; July 8:pp.57-88; Nov.11:pp.790-820
1897:July 3:pp.25-26; July 10:pp.83-84
ROM Call number: Rare Oversize P.S. Qu 400

Townsend's monthly selection of Parisian costumes. London : J. Townsend. [1825?]-

Volumes available: no.52,56,58,65,72,74,80
ROM Call number: Rare Book P.S. To 580

World of fashion and continental feuilletons

U of T Online Access
Public Online Access-Google Books

Ladies Monthly Magazine. The World of Fashion

U of T Online Access
Rare Book NC 980.5 B37 F34. 1992 [Jour et Nuit].jpg

Falbalas & fanfreluches

1922

France

Costumes parisiens de la fin du 18ème siècle et du commencement du 19ème

[A collection of plates arranged in annual volumes. Originally published as Journal des dames et des modes.]. Paris : Journal des dames, [1798?]-
ROM call number: Rare Book GT860 .J68 Holdings: 1786 ‐ 1874
ROM call number: Rare Book Oversize GT860 .J68 Holdings: 1875 ‐ 1896
U of T Online access

Art, goût, beauté : feuillets de l'élégance féminine. Paris : Albert Godde, Bedin, 1921‐1933.

Volumes available:  no.1 (1920:Sept.); no.4 (1920:Nov./Dec.) ‐ no.13 (1921:Sept.); no.42
(1924:Feb.) ‐ no.43 (1924:Mar.); no.48 (1924:Aug.) ‐ no.49 (1924:Sept.);
no.52 (1924:noël); no.54 (1925:Feb.) ‐ no.55 (1925:Mar.); no.60
(1925:Aug.) ‐ no.61 (1925:Sept.); no.67 (1926:Mar.) ‐ no.68 (1926:Apr.);
no.72 (1926:Aug.) ‐ no.73 (1926:Sept.); no.146 (1932:Oct.) ‐ no.152
(1933:Apr.)
ROM Call number: Rare Book Oversize P.S. Ar 1385
Public Online Access--Bibliothèque nationale de France

Falbalas & fanfreluches : almanach des modes présentes, passées & futures pour 1922[-1926]  Paris : J. Meynial, 1921-1925.

Volumes available: 1922 volume
ROM call number: Rare Book NC980.5 .B37 F34
Reproduction’s call number Rare Book NC980.5 .B37 F34 1922a
Public Online Access- Archive.org

Femina. Paris : Pierre Lafitte, 1901‐1951.

Volumes available: [v.3 (1903) ‐ v.13 (1913)] (scattered issues]
ROM Call number: Rare Oversize P.S. Fe 180

Agenda femina : petite encyclopédie de la femme: Paris : Éditions Pierre Lafitte, [192-?]-

ROM call number: Rare Book P.S. Ag 20 1922

Gazette du bon ton. Paris : E. Levy ; Berlin : P. Cassirer, 1912-1925.

Volumes available: v.1:no.1 (1912:Nov.) ‐ v.7:no.9 (1924/1925)
ROM Call number: Rare Oversize P.S. Ga 250
Public Online Access-Smithsonian
Public Online Access-Bibliothèque nationale de France
-Note: This is the only complete physical set in Canada and the digitized copies available through the Smithsonian and BNF are slightly different

Journal des dames et des modes. Paris : Bureau du Journal des dames, 1912-1914

Volumes available: no.1 (1912:June 1) ‐ no.79 (1914:Aug. 1)
ROM Call number: Rare Book P.S. Jo 145
U of T Online access
Public Online Access-Bibliothèque nationale de France

Journal des demoiselles Paris : Au Bureau du Journal

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Public Online Access-Archive.org

La guirlande : album mensuel d'art et de littérature. Paris : M. François Bernouard, 1919-[1921]

Volumes available: fasc.4; fasc.10
ROM Call number: Rare Book NX2 .G8 fasc.10
Public Online Access-Archive.org
-Note: There is also plate from this magazine in Barbier’s Collection of miscellaneous illustrations

La guirlande des mois. Paris : J. Meynial, 1917‐1921.

Volumes available: 1917 ‐ 1921
ROM Call number: Rare Book TT500 .G84

La mode illustreé. Paris : MM. Firmin Didot frères, fils et cie, 1860‐1937.

Volumes available: 1906:no.50 (Dec. 16)‐no.52 (Dec. 30);
1907:no.2 (Jan. 13)‐no.19 (May 12); no.22 (June 2)‐no.25 (June 23); no.32
(Aug. 11); no.35 (Sept. 1); no.37 (Sept. 15); no.39 (Sept. 29)‐no.41 (Oct.
13); no.43 (Oct. 27)‐no.44 (Nov. 3); no.47 (Nov. 24)‐no.50 (Dec. 15);
1908:no.6 (Feb. 9)‐no.7 (Feb. 16); no.24 (June 14)‐no.44(Nov. 1);
1909:no.2 (Jan. 10)‐no.4 (Jan. 24); no.10 (Mar. 7)‐no.12 (Mar. 21); no.14
(Apr. 4); no.16 (Apr. 18)‐no.38 (Sept. 19); no.40 (Oct. 3)‐no.50 (Dec. 12);
1910:no.1 (Jan. 2)‐no.5 (Jan. 30); no.7 (Feb. 13)‐no.8 (Feb. 20); no.10
(Mar. 6)‐no.11 (Mar. 13); no.14 (Apr. 3)‐no.22 (May 29)
ROM Call number: Rare Oversize P.S. Mo 50
Public Online Access-Note: website is in German
Toronto Public Library

L'illustration. Illustration Paris :, 1843-1944.

Volumes available: [1921-1922]; 1923:Noël; [1924]; 1927:Dec.; 1928:May 12; 1928:Noël; v.91:no.4708 (1933:May 27); 1934:Noël; v.93:no.4812 (1935:May 25)
ROM Call number: Rare Oversize P.S. Il 340
Public Online Access-Penn State Compilation of freely available digitized copies
L'illustration. Noël. Paris : Illustration, 1843-1943.
ROM Call number: Rare Oversize P.S. Il 350
Rare Book P.S. Go 100 August, 1850 [Wedding Dresses].JPG

Godey's lady's book

August, 1850

United States of America

Godey's lady's book. Philadelphia : L.A. Godey, 1840‐1858.

Volumes available: v.41 (1850:July-Dec.) - v.42 (1851:Jan.-June); v.54 (1857:Jan.-June)
Godey's lady's book and magazine. Philadelphia : L.A. Godey, 1859‐1887.
Volumes available: v.58 (1859) - v.84:no.510 (1872:Dec.); v.103:no.675 (1886:Sept.)
Godey's lady's book 1887‐1892. Philadelphia, Pa. : [s.n.], 1887‐1892.
Volumes available: v.118:no.703 (1889:Jan.) - v.118:no.708 (1889:June)
ROM Call number: Rare Book P.S. Go 100
U of T Online Access
Public Online Access-Godey's lady's book
Public Online Access-Godey's magazine

Harper’s Bazaar (1867-present)

U of T Online Access
Limited Public Online Access-HathiTrust
*Note: There is also physical fashion plate from this magazine in Barbier’s Collection of miscellaneous illustrations
Harper's new monthly magazine
U of T Online Access

Happy Hours: A Domestic Magazine of Useful Information & Amusement

U of T Online Access

The lady's friend. Philadelphia : Deacon & Peterson, 1864‐1873.

Volumes available: v.6 (1869) ‐ v.7 (1870)
ROM Call number: Rare Book P.S. La 130
U of T Online Access

Ladies' home journal. Philadelphia: Curtis Publishing Co., 1889

Volumes available: v.8:no.3 (1891:Feb.); v.16:no.3 (1899:Feb.)
ROM Call Number Rare Oversize AP2 .L23

New York Milliner & Dressmaker

U of T Online Access

Peterson’s magazine. Philadelphia : C.J. Peterson, 1848-1892.

Volumes available: Vol. 13, no. 1 (Jan. 1848)-v. 102, no. 5 (Nov. 1892)
ROM Call Number Rare Book GT610 .P47
U of T Online Access
Public Online Access-HathiTrust
Public Online Access-HathiTrust

Vogue Archive 1892-present

The Vogue Archive is a available to users via computers located inside the ROM.
Limited Public Online Access-HathiTrust
Primary Sources - Journals