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Annotationes in legm II. De captivis & postliminio reversis, in quibus tractatur de re navali, per authorem recognitæ. Eivsdem annotationes in tractatum De auro & argento legato, quibus vestimentorum & vasculorum genera explicantur. His omnibus, imagines ab antiquissimis monumentis desumptas, ad argumenti declaratione subiunximus. Item Antonii Thylesii De coloribus libellus, à coloribus vestium non alienus. Lazare de Baif.

De Re Navali

Annotationes in legm II. De captivis & postliminio reversis, in quibus tractatur de re navali, per authorem recognitæ. Eivsdem annotationes...

Basel: Johann Froben, 1541. Second edition (first printed 1537). De Re Navali. Lazare de Baïf (1496-1547) was a French humanist, classical scholar, translator of Sophocles' Electra, and ambassador to Venice, who flourished in the enlightened reign of François I, to whom his delightfully illustrated book on captivities and the naval... Read More

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Geschichte des Männlichen Barts unter allen Völkern der Erde bis auf die neueste Zeit ... mit einer Theorie der Haare nach ihren Naturzwecken versehen. Beards, Augustin; Karl Gottlob Schelle Fangé,

History of the Beard, with a Theory of Hair

Geschichte des Männlichen Barts unter allen Völkern der Erde bis auf die neueste Zeit ... mit einer Theorie der Haare...

Leipzig: In der Weygandschen Buchhandlung, 1797. First German edition. History of the Beard, with a Theory of Hair. Fangé's anonymously published work, Mémoires pour servir a l'histoire de la barbe de l'homme (Liège, 1774), here translated into German by Schelle. Read More

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Original watercolor greeting card to Carrie Donovan, signed and inscribed by fashion artist John Clay. John Clay.

Original John Clay Watercolor Greeting to Carrie Donovan

Original watercolor greeting card to Carrie Donovan, signed and inscribed by fashion artist John Clay.

n.p: n.d. Original John Clay Watercolor Greeting to Carrie Donovan. A delightful card, the front showing the watercolor of a rural-clad child gazing a group of mannikins; the verso showing a number of eyes which look down upon two young (Parsons?) art students, the drawings suggesting Donovan's progress in the... Read More

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Canitics. The Treatment of Canities (The Art and Science of Hair Dyeing), Reduced to a Science and Elevated to an Art. cosmetics, Florence E. Wall.

TheArt & Science of Dyeing Hair — Author’s Own Copy

Canitics. The Treatment of Canities (The Art and Science of Hair Dyeing), Reduced to a Science and Elevated to an...

New York: Beautician Publications, 1935. “Second Edition. Partially Revised by Members of the Staff of Inecto, Inc.” Seventh Printing. TheArt & Science of Dyeing Hair — Author’s Own Copy. Signed on the flyleaf: Florence Ernestine Wall Personal Copy”, and with her marginal notes thorughout. Inscribed on p. iv: “To Miss... Read More

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The Mirror of the Graces; or, The English Lady's Costume: Combining and harmonizing taste and judgment, elegance and grace, modesty, simplicity, and economy, with Fashion in dress ... with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness and manners ... By a Lady of Distinction. Costume.

The Mirror of the Graces; or, The English Lady's Costume: Combining and harmonizing taste and judgment, elegance and grace, modesty...

London: Printed by B. Crosby and Co. Stationers' Court, Ludgate Street; and sold by All Booksellers, 1811. First edition. Scarce Regency-era woman's manual addressing proper female dress, deportment, and cosmetics. " ... Let me hasten to recommend to you, a publication at this time in much request, and which possesses... Read More

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