Fancy Dresses Described or What to Wear at Fancy Balls (1887)
Fancy dresses described or, What to wear at fancy balls, by Ardern Holt; 1887; Debenham & Freebody, Wyman & Sons, London.
A comprehensive guide to all things fancy dress, with detailed descriptions of costume ideas, from the more abstract such as "Air", "Africa" "Dew" and "Five o Clock Tea", to the more specific in a "Moravian Pesant" and "Henry III of France".