Walker, A., Mrs, Female beauty, as preserved and improved by regimen, cleanliness and dress , 1837
- Title(s):
- Female beauty, as preserved and improved by regimen, cleanliness and dress : and especially by the adaptation, colour and arrangement of dress, as variously influencing the forms, complexion, and expression of each individual, and rendering cosmetic impositions unnecessary / by Mrs. A. Walker ; all that regards regimen and health being furnished by medical friends ; and revised by Sir Anthony Carlisle, F.R.S. Vice President of the College of Surgeons, &c. &c. &c. ; illustrated by coloured drawings of heads by J.W. Wright, and of figures by E.T. Parris.
- Published/Created:
- London : Thomas Hurst, 65, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1837.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvi, 432 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsRA778 .W35 1837Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3589062
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Contains 1 engraved plate and 10 transformational lithographed plates, i.e. 10 hand-colored lithographs each with hand-colored costume overlay, lithographed by M. Gauci after J. W. Wright and E.T. Paris.
With a preliminary half-title leaf.
Colas, R. Bibliographie générale du costume et de la mode, p. 889
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in three-quarter dark green morocco and marbled boards, with gilt edges and marbled endpapers. - Subject Terms:
- Beauty, Personal.Costume -- Great Britain.Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.Hurst, T. -- Publisher.Hygiene -- Great Britain.Women -- Health and hygiene.Women's clothing -- Great Britain.
- Form/Genre:
- Engravings -- 1837.
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1837. - Export:
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