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Plocacosmos: or the Whole Art of Hair Dressing; wherein is contained, ample rules for the young artizan, more particularly for ladies women, valets, etc. as well as directions for persons to dress their own hair
by (Cosway Binding) Stewart, James
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Full crimson morocco extra gilt, upper board tooled in gilt spiderweb about a large miniature by Miss C.B. Currie, gilt turn-ins
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: for the Author No. 12, Old Broad-Street; and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, 1782. First edition. Engraved frontispiece (printed in sepia) of "Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man" and 10 engraved plates. [vi], 435 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full crimson morocco extra gilt, upper board tooled in gilt spiderweb about a large miniature by Miss C.B. Currie, gilt turn-ins, silk endsheets, t.e.g., front pastedown stamped in gilt "Bound by Riviere & Son from Designs by J. H. Stonehouse" and at back "Miniature C.B. Currie". Finely rebacked with spine laid down. In red cloth slipcase. First edition. Engraved frontispiece (printed in sepia) of "Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man" and 10 engraved plates. [vi], 435 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With a Miniature by Miss Currie. First edition of this remarkable study of women's hairdressing in the Georgian age. The work treats hair and its growth, the utensils used to dress it, methods for constructing head dresses using false hair and stiffeners, and for applying cosmetics. Stewart comments on diet and lifestyle as an influence on the quality of the hair.
With a classic miniature portrait of an elaborately coiffed and hatted belle by the unequalled Miss C.B. Currie. A beautiful exmple of the turn of the century Cosway Binding. Coles 2802; Hiles p. 816; Lipperheide 1681; ESTC T145753
With a classic miniature portrait of an elaborately coiffed and hatted belle by the unequalled Miss C.B. Currie. A beautiful exmple of the turn of the century Cosway Binding. Coles 2802; Hiles p. 816; Lipperheide 1681; ESTC T145753
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 354233
- Title
- Plocacosmos: or the Whole Art of Hair Dressing; wherein is contained, ample rules for the young artizan, more particularly for ladies women, valets, etc. as well as directions for persons to dress their own hair
- Author
- (Cosway Binding) Stewart, James
- Format/Binding
- Engraved frontispiece (printed in sepia) of "Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man" and 10 engraved plates. [vi], 435 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Full crimson morocco extra gilt, upper board tooled in gilt spiderweb about a large miniature by Miss C.B. Currie, gilt turn-ins
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- for the Author No. 12, Old Broad-Street; and sold by all the booksellers in town and country
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1782
- Keywords
- British | Hair style
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- History, Travel & Geography; Sets & Fine Bindings;
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James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.
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