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1. Crito: or, A dialogue on beauty.

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Creator:
Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768
Date:
1752
Physical Description:
1 p.., 61 p. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. 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 : and adapting the various articles of female embellishments to different ages, form, and complexions : to the seasons of the year, rank, and situation in life : with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness, and manners : the cultivation of the mind and the disposition and carriage of the body : offering also the most efficacious means of preserving beauty, health, and loveliness : the whole according with the general principles of nature and rules of propriety / by a Lady of distinction ; who has witnessed and attentively studied what is esteemed truly graceful and elegant amongst the most refined nations of Europe.

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Creator:
Lady of distinction, active 19th century
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
vii, [2] p., pp. 12-17, [2] p., pp. x-xxiii [i.e. xiii], [2] p., 10-241, [7] p., 4 leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Female beauty, as preserved and improved by regimen, cleanliness and dress : and especially by the adaptation, colour and arrangement of dress, as variously influencing the forms, complexion, and expression of each individual, and rendering cosmetic impositions unnecessary / by Mrs. A. Walker ; all that regards regimen and health being furnished by medical friends ; and revised by Sir Anthony Carlisle, F.R.S. Vice President of the College of Surgeons, &c. &c. &c. ; illustrated by coloured drawings of heads by J.W. Wright, and of figures by E.T. Parris.

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Creator:
Walker, A., Mrs
Date:
1837
Physical Description:
xxxvi, 432 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Beauty illustrated by an analysis and classification of beauty in woman, with a critical view of the hypotheses of Hume, Hogarth, Burke, Knight, Alison, etc. And of the hypotheses of beauty in sculpture and painting, by Leonardo da Vinci, Winckelmann, Mengs, Bossi, etc. By Alexander Walker. Illustrated by drawings from life by Henry Howard ... Drawn on stone by M. Gauci and R. J. Lane ...

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Creator:
Walker, Alexander, 1779–1852
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
xxiii, [1], 372 p. col. front., XXII (i. e. 23) col. plates. 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Facts and faces : being an enquiry into the connection between linear and mental portraiture : with a dissertation on personal and relative beauty / by Thomas Woolnoth.

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Creator:
Woolnoth, Thomas A., 1785–1857
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
v, [2], 269 p., [25] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. 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 : and adapting the various articles of female embellishments to different ages, form, and complexions : to the seasons of the year, rank, and situation in life : with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness, and manners : the cultivation of the mind and the disposition and carriage of the body : offering also the most efficacious means of preserving beauty, health, and loveliness : the whole according with the general principles of nature and rules of propriety / by a Lady of distinction ; who has witnessed and attentively studied what is esteemed truly graceful and elegant amongst the most refined nations of Europe.

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Creator:
Lady of distinction, active 19th century
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
xii, 240 pages, 4 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Beauty; illustrated chiefly by an analysis and classification of beauty in woman. Preceded by a critical view of the general hypotheses respecting beauty, by Hume, Hogarth, Burke, Knight, Alison, etc., and followed by a similar view of the hypotheses of beauty in sculpture and painting, by Leonardo da Vinci, Winckelmann, Mengs, Bossi, etc. By Alexander Walker ... Illustrated by drawings from life, by Henry Howard ... drawn on stone by M. Gauci and R. J. Lane ...

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Creator:
Walker, Alexander, 1779–1852
Date:
1836
Physical Description:
xxiii, [1], 395 p. front., XXII (i. e. 23) plates. 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The art of dress, or, Guide to the toilette : with directions for adapting the various parts of the female costume to the complexion and figure, hints on cosmetics, &c. / embellished with engravings from designs by Frank Howard, Esq.

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Date:
MDCCCXXXIX [1839]
Physical Description:
x, 68, [2] p., VI leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts