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La Belle Assemblée was an early British women’s magazine published from 1806 until 1837, when it was merged with the Lady’s Magazine and Museum. and continued as The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic. From its earliest days it contained poetry, short stories and serialised novels, commentaries on politics and science, and book and theatre reviews.
From the 1820s on its editors focused more on matters of good housekeeping as well as the latest trends from the world of fashion. Today, , or ’, its full title from 1823 onward, is valued for its countless, often colourised engravings, offering – apart from sheet music and sewing patterns – a panoramic impression of fashion ideas from Regency era Britain. Vol XIV No 81 from September 1831 contains an essay on archery, its historical and cultural value for Britain, and its merits as an honest, decent and healthy pastime for
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