10" (25 cm.) x 6". The leather bound volumes of the genteel lady's journal contain fashionable notes, advice, stories, patterns, recipes and other tidbits of interest, comprising the following years and contents: 1846 (11 color engravings), 1848 (14 color engravings), 1850 (19 color engravings) 1855 (21 color engravings),another 1855 (7 color engravings), 1859 (11 color engravings), another 1859 (9 color engravings), a third 1859 (19 color engravings), 1860 (20 color engravings), 1869 (14 color engravings), and 1879 (21 color engravings and 12 patterns). Engravings include ladies and children in fashionable costumes of the season, as well as colored instructional sheets. Condition is good with some brittleness, loose covers. The books are sold as is.