Research Catalog
New! Try our Article Search to discover online journals, books, and more from home with your library card.
Displaying 1-2 of 2 results for author "Stewart, James (Hairdresser)"
Plocacosmos, or The whole art of hair dressing [microform] ; wherein is contained ample rules for the young artizan, more particularly for ladies women, valets, &c. &c. as well as directions for persons to dress their own hair : also, ample and wholesome rules to preserve the hair : the hair completely analyzed, as to its growth, nature, colour, &c. and all and every article used in the hair, on the head, face, &c. as, false hair, perfumery, cosmetics, &c. clearly analyzed and examined : with a history of the hair and head dress from the earliest ages to the present time, particularly as they have appeared upon the English stage for these last two hundred years : with strictures on the present performers belonging to each theatre : the plan of this work requiring it, there are also complete rules for the management of children and education of youth, and excellent rules for the preservation of the health and happiness of age : being a guide through the seven ages of man : the whole interspersed with moral thoughts, being necessary for all families / by James Stewart ; with an elegant frontispiece, and other copper-plates.
- Text
- London : Printed for the author, No. 12, Old Broad-Street; and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, MDCCLXXXII [1782]
- 1782
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZAN-T3340 reel 82 no. 531-536 Offsite Plocacosmos, or The whole art of hair dressing : wherein is contained ample rules for the young artizan, more particularly for ladies women, valets, &c. &c., as well as directions for persons to dress their own hair : also, ample and wholesome rules to preserve the hair : the hair completely analyzed, as to its growth, nature, colour, &c. and all and every article used in the hair, on the head, face, &c. as, false hair, perfumery, cosmetics, &c. clearly analyzed and examined : with a history of the hair and head dress from the earliest ages to the present time, particularly as they have appeared upon the English stage for these last two hundred years : with strictures on the present performers belonging to each theatre : the plan of this work requiring it, there are also complete rules for the management of children and education of youth, and excellent rules for the preservation of the health and happiness of age : being a guide through the seven ages of man : the whole interspersed with moral thoughts, being necessary for all families / by James Stewart ; with an elegant frontispiece, and other copper-plates.
- Text
- London : Printed for the author, No. 12, Old Broad-Street; and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, MDCCLXXXII [1782]
- 1782
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text MEM (Delegal) 15-75 Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
No results found from Digital Research Books Beta
Digital books for research from multiple sources world wide- all free to read, download, and keep. No Library Card is Required. Read more about the project.
