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Item Details
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| Heading: |
(Beauties Treasury...) |
| Author: |
W., J. |
| Title: |
Beauties Treasury: or, the Ladies Vade Mecum. Being a Collection of the Newest, most Select and Valuable Receipts, for making all Sorts of Cosmetick-Washes, Oils, Ungents, Waters, &c. Useful in Repairing lost Beauty, maintaining and improving good Complections, removing Blemishes of any kind, and procuring Handsomness |
| Place: |
London |
| Publisher: |
S. Malthus |
| Date: |
1705 |
| Item # : |
121006 |
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| Sale Number |
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247 |
| Lot Number |
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13 |
| Sale Name |
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| Fine & Rare Books |
| Sale Date |
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09/12/2002 |
| Price realized |
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$ 747 |
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| Description: |
| 22, 117, [3] pp. Copper-engraved frontispiece. (12mo) 6x3½, late 19th/early 20th century calf, spine lettered in gilt. |
| Captivating little book of concoctions for mainting the semblence of youth and beauty. The frontispiece is apparently A1, the title A2. Old ink name of Hannah Fanyhough(?) to the back of the frontispiece. Formerly in the Fuller Collection at the Spokane Public Library, with perforated stamp to A3, number rubberstamped at top of same leaf and to p.55. |
| Condition: |
| Some scuffing to extremities; darkening and some soiling to title-page, corner chips, small tape repair; some darkening and soiling within, corner wear to a few pages, else very good. |
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