THE ART OF BEAUTY
Book Description
By a Toilet Specialist
edited by "Isobel" of Home Notes
(1899)
Dealer Notes
Title page undated, The British Library date this book to 1899
A very scarce Victorian book on women’s health and beauty, with chapters on makeup, the art of dress, the complexion, hair and health, nails, teeth, eyes, eyebrows, perfumes, hair dyes, etc
Bound in the original pictorial cloth, 7.5 inches tall approx., 152 pages, not illustrated
The cover has some marking and rubbing wear else in good general condition, internally the cheap paper stock has browned throughout, some creased page corners, old ownership name (pictured) to top of first contents page, else in good general condition
A very scarce Victorian book on women’s health and beauty, with chapters on makeup, the art of dress, the complexion, hair and health, nails, teeth, eyes, eyebrows, perfumes, hair dyes, etc
Bound in the original pictorial cloth, 7.5 inches tall approx., 152 pages, not illustrated
The cover has some marking and rubbing wear else in good general condition, internally the cheap paper stock has browned throughout, some creased page corners, old ownership name (pictured) to top of first contents page, else in good general condition
Author
( Female Beauty, Women’s Makeup, Perfumes, Hair Styles, Dress, etc )
Date
1899
Binding
hardback
Publisher
C. Arthur Pearson Limited
Condition
good
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