1866 Godey’s Lady’s Book & Magazine Vol. 73 (July–December) I Reconstruction Era (Post Civil War) Bound Volume, Hand-Colored Fashion Plates

A beautifully preserved bound volume of Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine, Volume 73, covering July through December 1866 — an extraordinary post Civil War–era/ Reconstruction Era publication capturing American women’s fashion, literature, domestic arts, and cultural life in the immediate post-war period.

Bound in red leather with gilt spine titling “Godey’s Lady’s Book – Vol. 73”. Marbled boards. Binding tight. Internally, it includes engraved illustrations, detailed fashion engravings, domestic craft patterns, household designs, fiction, poetry, and the iconic hand-colored fold-out fashion plates for July and August 1866. One fashion engraving torn in middle yet included. 

Godey’s Lady’s Book was one of the most influential women’s magazines of the 19th century, shaping American fashion, domestic trends, and literary taste. It famously published prominent writers of the period.

Condition: Very Good condition for age.

Size: 6 1/2” x 9 1/2”

A substantial and visually rich survivor for collectors of women’s history, fashion history, Civil War–era Americana, and 19th-century publishing.