La Belle Assemblée was a superior magazine for ladies which was published from 1806 to 1832, when it was renamed The Court Magazine and Belle Assemblée. It is a particularly good resource for Regency and Georgian historians because of the beautiful engravings and fashion prints which it included each month.
A number of issues are available online, but they are surprisingly difficult to track down. Many of them have all their illustrations intact, but, sadly, not all.
Here is a list of links to the copies that I have found, together with links to the fashion prints, where available, on my Facebook page. Please let me know if you have details of links to any copies that I have not included.
A number of issues are available online, but they are surprisingly difficult to track down. Many of them have all their illustrations intact, but, sadly, not all.
Here is a list of links to the copies that I have found, together with links to the fashion prints, where available, on my Facebook page. Please let me know if you have details of links to any copies that I have not included.
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| Parisian full evening dress La Belle Assemblée (Feb 1806) |
Feb-Jul 1806 Vol I Part I
1806 fashion prints
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| Parisian walking dress and ball dress La Belle Assemblée (Dec 1806) |
Aug-Dec 1806 Vol I Part II
No engravings to accompany the biographical sketches in this volume.
1806 fashion prints
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| Parisian riding habit La Belle Assemblée (Mar 1807) |
Jan-Jun 1807 Vol II
1807 fashion prints
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| Evening dress and morning dress La Belle Assemblée (Oct 1807) |
Jul-Dec 1807 Vol III
Alternative link
1807 fashion prints
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| Walking dresses La Belle Assemblée (Oct 1808) |
Jul-Dec 1808 Vol V
1808 fashion prints
Jan-Jun 1809 Vol VI
No fashion plates or engravings to accompany the biographical sketches in this volume.
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| Evening full dress La Belle Assemblée (May 1810) |
Jan-Jun 1810 Vol I
1810 fashion prints
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| Ball dress La Belle Assemblée (Aug 1810) |
Jul-Dec 1810 Vol II
1810 fashion prints
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| Walking dress La Belle Assemblée (Jun 1811) |
Jan-Jun 1811 Vol III
1811 fashion prints
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| Madame Catalini La Belle Assemblée (Jul 1811) |
Jul-Dec 1811 Vol IV
No fashion prints in this volume.
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| Walking dress La Belle Assemblée (Jan 1812) |
Jan-Jun 1812 Vol V
1812 fashion prints
Jul-Dec 1814 Vol X
No fashion plates or engravings to accompany the biographical sketches in this volume.
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| Opera dress La Belle Assemblée (Mar 1816) |
Jan-Dec 1816 Vol XIII & XIV
1816 fashion prints
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| Parisian walking dress La Belle Assemblée (Aug 1818) |
Jan-Dec 1818 Vol XVII & XVIII
Jul-Dec 1818 Alternative link
Jan-Dec 1818 Alternative link
1818 fashion prints
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| Walking dress La Belle Assemblée (Apr 1819) |
Jan-Dec 1819 Vol XIX & XX
1819 fashion prints
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| Morning visiting dress La Belle Assemblée (Jun 1820) |
Jan-Dec 1820 Vol XXI & XXII
1820 fashion prints
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| Spring promenade costume La Belle Assemblée (Apr 1823) |
Jan-Dec 1823 Vol XXVII & XXVIII
1823 fashion prints
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| Evening dress La Belle Assemblée (Sept 1825) |
Jul-Dec 1825 Vol II
1825 fashion prints
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| Opera dress La Belle Assemblée (Mar 1826) |
Jan-Jun 1826 Vol III
Jul-Dec 1826 Vol IV
1826 fashion prints
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| Opera dress La Belle Assemblée (Mar 1827) |
Jan-Jun 1827 Vol V
Jul-Dec 1827 Vol VI
1827 fashion prints
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| Opera dress and ball dress La Belle Assemblée (Apr 1828) |
Jan-Jun 1828 Vol VII
Jul-Dec 1828 Vol VIII
1828 fashion prints
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| Morning visiting dress La Belle Assemblée (Dec 1829) |
Jan-Jun 1829 Vol IX
Jul-Dec 1829 Vol X
1829 fashion prints
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| Ball dress and evening dress La Belle Assemblée (Jun 1830) |
Jan-Jun 1830 Vol XI
Jul-Dec 1830 Vol XII
1830 fashion prints
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| Evening dress and opera dress La Belle Assemblée (Mar 1831) |
Jan-Jun 1831 Vol XIII
No April prints in this volume.
Jul-Dec 1831 Vol XIV
No October prints in this volume.
1831 fashion prints
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| Opera dress and carriage dress La Belle Assemblée (Mar 1832) |
Jan-Jun 1832 Vol XV
1832 fashion prints
Compiled by Rachel Knowles
Last updated 9 November 2012
