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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

Title: 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.
Author: Stewart, James (Hairdresser)
Publication: London : Printed for the author, No. 12, Old Broad-Street; and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, MDCCLXXXII [1782]

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Additional Authors

Delegal, James

Description

[8], 435, [1] pages, [11] leaves of plates : illustrations

Uniform Title

History of women ; reel 82, no. 531.

Alternative Title

Plocacosmos
Whole art of hair dressing

Subjects

Note

"Price five shillings"--Half title.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-3I⁴ 3K²(3K2 verso blank).
Illustrations: 11 full-page engravings, signed: Delegal, London. The first depicts "Shakespeares seven ages"; others depict hairstyles for men and women.

Reproduction (note)

Microfilm.

Call Number

*ZAN-T3340 Reel 82 No. 531

OCLC

15854985

Author

Stewart, James (Hairdresser)

Title

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.

Imprint

London : Printed for the author, No. 12, Old Broad-Street; and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, MDCCLXXXII [1782]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

microform

Type of Carrier

microfilm reel

Series

History of women ; reel 82, no. 531.

Reproduction

Microfilm. New Haven, Conn., Research Publications, 1975. 1 reel. 35 mm. (History of women, Reel 82, no. 531).

Added Author

Delegal, James, engraver.

Research Call Number

*ZAN-T3340 Reel 82, no. 531

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