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beauty, personal15
women4
cooking, english2
fishing2
gardening2
medicine, popular2
women in art2
women in literature2
aesthetics1
cheveux1

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Sharp, William (1855-1905)2
Spence, Joseph (1699-1768)2
Woolley, Hannah (1670-)2
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)1
Chubb, Ann1
Diana, Princess of Wales, 1961-19971
Durbin, Gail1
Gauden, John Bishop of Worcester (1605-1662)1
Goldsmid, Edmund1
Goldsmith, Oliver1

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Crito : or, A dialogue on beauty

Spence, Joseph (1699-1768); Goldsmid, Edmund

1885

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Artificiall embellishments. Or arts best directions how to preserve beauty or procure it

Jeamson, Thomas (1674)

1665

Dedication signed: M.S. Attributed to Thomas Jeamson. cf. BM. Table of contents: p. [13]-[16].

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A discourse of auxiliary beauty, or artificiall hansomenesse, in point of conscience between two ladies

Gauden, John Bishop of Worcester (1605-1662); Taylor, Jeremy (1613-1667); Walker, Obadiah (1616-1699)

1656

Generally ascribed to John Gauden; attributed also to Jeremy Taylor and to Obadiah Walker. Cf. Brit. Mus. Cat.; Halkett and Laing; Lowndes. Side notes. Running title: A discourse of artificiall ha...

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A dialogue on beauty : in the manner of Plato

Stubbes, George (fl. 1697-1737)

1738

First published: 1731. Title vignette; decorative initials, head- and tail-pieces. Page of advertisement at end. Prefatory epistle signed: George Stubbes.

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Wig, hairdressing and shaving bygones

Durbin, Gail; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1984

Includes bibliographical references (page 32).

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Fair women in painting and poetry

Sharp, William (1855-1905)

1894

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Fair women in painting and poetry

Sharp, William (1855-1905)

1894

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Blasons anatomiques du corps féminin; suivis de, Contreblasons de la beauté des membres du corps humain : et illustrés par les peintres d l'école de Fontainbleau

Massin; Sagon, François de; La Huéterie, Charles de

[1982]

French and Middle French. "Contreblasons de la beauté des membres du corps humain, envoyé à Françoys de Sagon, secrétaire... faict par Charles de La Huéterie"--P. [115].

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