G Woolliscroft Rhead: 4 books

First published in 1910. Lavishly illustrated. According to the Preface: "IT is, perhaps, a little singular that up to the present no work making any pretension to completeness has appeared in English dealing with that little instrument so intimately associated with both civil and religious life of the past, the Fan. "

Needless to say the present work is far from exhausting the subject of costume, which extends, indeed, over the whole field of history. For reasons of space, neither ecclesiastical nor military costume is touched upon. The book makes no pretensions to being anything more than what its title suggests—a...

Needless to say the present work is far from exhausting the subject of costume, which extends, indeed, over the whole field of history. For reasons of space, neither ecclesiastical nor military costume is touched upon. The book makes no pretensions to being anything more than what its title suggests—a...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS CHAPTER I THE ORIGIN AND USES OF THE FAN CHAPTER II FANS OF THE ANCIENTS CHAPTER III FANS OF THE FAR EAST CHAPTER IV FANS OF PRIMITIVE PEOPLES CHAPTER V THE FLABELLUM...