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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
  1. 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.
Published by
  1. London : Printed for the author, No. 12, Old Broad-Street; and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, MDCCLXXXII [1782]
Author
  1. Stewart, James (Hairdresser)

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Additional authors
  1. Delegal, James
Description
  1. [8], 435, [1] pages, [11] leaves of plates : illustrations
Uniform title
  1. History of women ; reel 82, no. 531.
Alternative title
  1. Plocacosmos
  2. Whole art of hair dressing
Subject
  1. Hairdressing
  2. Beauty, Personal > Early works to 1800
  3. Hairdressing > Great Britain > History
  4. Wigs > Great Britain > History
  5. Child rearing > Early works to 1800
  6. Theater > Great Britain > History > 17th century
  7. Theater > Great Britain > History > 18th century
  8. Medicine, Popular > Early works to 1800
  9. Toilet preparations > Early works to 1800
  10. Hair > Care and hygiene > Early works to 1800
  11. Aging > Early works to 1800
  12. Hairdressing > Handbooks, manuals, etc > Early works to 1800
  13. Hairstyles > Early works to 1800
Call number
  1. *ZAN-T3340 Reel 82 No. 531
Note
  1. "Price five shillings"--Half title.
  2. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-3I⁴ 3K²(3K2 verso blank).
  3. Illustrations: 11 full-page engravings, signed: Delegal, London. The first depicts "Shakespeares seven ages"; others depict hairstyles for men and women.
Reproduction (note)
  1. Microfilm.
Author
  1. Stewart, James (Hairdresser)
Title
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. microform
Type of carrier
  1. microfilm reel
Series
  1. History of women ; reel 82, no. 531.
Reproduction
  1. Microfilm. New Haven, Conn., Research Publications, 1975. 1 reel. 35 mm. (History of women, Reel 82, no. 531).
Added author
  1. Delegal, James, engraver.
Research call number
  1. *ZAN-T3340 Reel 82, no. 531
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