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historical perfumery and cosmetics34% of collection
food & domestic arts26% of collection
public domain candidates22% of collection
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Home work [microform] : a choice collection of useful designs for the crochet and knitting needle : also, valuable recipes for the toiletAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The art of perfumery : and the methods of obtaining odours of plants; with instructions for the manufacture of ... dentifrices, pomatums, cosmetiques, perfumed soap, etc.Author: Classic Public Domain
The art of soap-making: a practical handbook of the manufacture of hard and soft soaps, toilet soaps, etc., including many new processes, and a chapter on the recovery of glycerine from waste leysAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Fall and holiday trade season 1900-1901 : illustrated catalogue. Fancy goods, dolls, games, novelties, fancy china and glassware, toilet sundriesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The home guide; or, A bookAuthor: 500 ladies, embracing about 1,000 recipes and hints, pertaining to cookery, the household, the sick room, the toilet, etc
Recipes and extracts on alchemy, medicine, metal-working, cosmetics, veterinary science, agriculture, wine-making, and other subjectsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Perfumes and their preparation : containing complete directions for making handkerchief perfumes, smelling-salts ... cosmetics, hair dyes, and other toilet articles ...Author: Classic Public Domain
Odorographia : a natural history of raw materials and drugs used in the perfume industry : intended to serve growers, manufacturers and consumersAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The art of soap-making [electronic resource] : a practical handbook of the manufacture of hard and soft soaps, toilet soaps etcAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Modern etiquette in public and private : including society at large, the etiquette of weddings, the ball-room, the dinner-table, the toilet, &c, &cAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Annual price current (to the trade.) drugs, chemicals, medicines, dyes, paints, oils, glass, glassware, toilet articles, chemical products, etc. [Vol. V]Author: Classic Public Domain
A romance of perfume lands, or, The search for Capt. Jacob Cole : with interesting facts about perfumes and articles used in the toiletAuthor: Classic Public Domain
De La Banta's advice to ladies concerning beauty, development of the figure, etiquette, the art of pleasing dress, etc. : also his valuable collection of oriental mysteries of the toiletAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Popular economic botany : or, Description of the botanical and commercial characters of the principal articles of vegetable origin, used for food, clothing, tanning, dyeing, building, medicine, perfumery, etc.Author: Classic Public Domain
The Saint Louis cook book; a practical cook book, with health suggestions, toilet, household recipes, invalid cookery, etc.Author: Classic Public Domain
Perfumes and cosmetics, their preparation and manufacture; a complete and practical treatise for the use of the perfumer and cosmetic manufacturerAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Popular economic botany; or, Description of the botanical and commercial characters of the principal articles of vetegable origin, used for food, clothing, tanning, dyeing, building, medicine, perfumery, etcAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Profitable plants : a description of the principal articles of vegetable origin used for food, clothing, tanning, dyeing, building, medicine, perfumery, etcAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Etiquette of the ball-room and guide to all the new and fashionable dances : containing the steps and figures of quadrilles, valses, polkas ... with hints and instructions respecting toilet and deportmentAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Reports on "sanitas," together with history, description and directions for use of the several "sanitas" ... liquids, powder, soaps, veterinary and toilet preparationsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The art of perfumery : and the methods of obtaining odours of plants. With instructions for the manufacture of perfumes ... to which is added an appendix on preparing artificial fruit-essences, etcAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The scholars' companion and ball-room vade mecum ... With hints and instructions respecting toilet, deportment,&c., &c. ...Author: Classic Public Domain
A complete treatise on perfumery:containing notices of the raw material used in the art, and the best formulae for the fabrication of pomades, oils, powders, cosmetics ...Author: Classic Public Domain
Catalogue of family & patent medicines, perfumery, mineral waters and miscellaneous articles sold wholesaleAuthor: Bewley & Draper, Mary Street, Dublin
General prices current of foreign and domestic drugs, medicines, chemicals, extracts, pharmaceutical preparations, essential oils, sponges, fancy goods, druggists' sundries, perfumery, proprietary articles, etc., etc. ..Author: Classic Public Domain
The New York fashion bazar book of the toilet. A complete guide and manual to all the arts and secrets of personal beauty and charm.Author: Classic Public Domain
W. R. Hedges' pocket price list of genuine drugs, chemicals, patent medicines, perfumes, soaps, toilet requisites, domestic & dietetic articles, foreign mineral waters, &cAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Bathing and the bath : simple and medicated : its history, effect and mode of application, with a particular description of the patent "toilet bath"Author: Classic Public Domain
Chinese cinnamon vines, beautiful leaves, dainty flowers, exquisite perfume [reduced prices] / [Z. Jay Ireland, successor to A. T. Cook].Author: Classic Public Domain
W.R. Hedges' January 1890 price list of genuine drugs, chemicals, patent medicines, perfumes, soaps, toilet requisites, domestic and dietetic articles, foreign mineral waters etcAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Cosmetics as Drugs: A Review of Some of the Reported Harmful Effects of the Ordinary Constituents of Widely Used CosmeticsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Ball-room dancing without a master, and complete guide to the etiquette, toilet, dress and management of the ball-room; with all the principal dances in popular use.Author: Classic Public Domain
W.R. Hedges' pocket price list of drugs, chemicals, patent medicines, perfumes, soaps, toilet requisites, domestic and dietetic articles, foreign mineral waters etcAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The delivery of the lens for the extraction of cataract : irrigation of the anterior chamber and the first toilet of the woundAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Los Angeles, Cal.: Bathrooms and Water-Closets Not to Be Used for Other than Toilet Purposes. (Ordinance Adopted May 1, 1912)Author: Classic Public Domain
Inquiries into trades for factory workers : sample mounting and sample case making, perfumery trade, paper box making, candy trade, case making for jewelry and silverware.Author: Classic Public Domain
Los Angeles, Cal.: Bathrooms and Water-Closets. Use for Other than Toilet Purposes Prohibited. (Ord. 30619, Aug. 13, 1914)Author: Classic Public Domain
District of Columbia: Common Eating and Drinking Utensils and Toilet Articles. Prohibited in Public Places. (Reg. of Commissioners, Dec. 3, 1915)Author: Classic Public Domain
The toilet of Flora; or, a collection of the most simple and approved methods of preparing baths, essences, pomatums, ... with receipts for cosmetics of every kind, ... 1775Author: Classic Public Domain
New York, N. Y.: Hair Dyes and Other Toilet Preparations. Possession, Sale, or Dispensing Prohibited When Articles Are Injurious to Health. (Reg. Dept. of H., Dec. 21, 1915)Author: Classic Public Domain
Toilet medicine : a popular scientific manual on the correction of bodily defects and the improvement and preservation of personal appearance : together with formulae for all the special preparations recommendedAuthor: Classic Public Domain
New Hanover County, N. C.: Buildings for Residential or Business Purposes. Adequate Toilet Facilities to Be Provided. (Reg. Bd. of H., May 18, 1915)Author: Classic Public Domain
Toilet: A Weekly Collection of Literary Pieces, Principally Designed for the Amusement of the Ladies 1801-01-17: Vol 1 Iss 1Author: Classic Public Domain
Bayley, perfumer, at the Old Civet-cat, in Cockspur-Street, the bottom of St. James's Hay-Market, London. Makes, imports and sells, all sorts of perfumery, wholesale and retale, at the lowest prices. ... 1780Author: Classic Public Domain
Jacob Brothers, [date unknown] (Creators of "Sigma" Toilet Preparations, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) [ANS Chapman brothers business correspondence]Author: Classic Public Domain
Explore a carefully assembled historical library of 125 books devoted to historical perfumery and cosmetics. The selection prioritises useful, readable editions and substantial works.
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Perfumery and kindred arts : a comprehensive treatise on perfumery
Cosmetics and toiletries
The Art Of Perfumery
Perfumery
The production of volatile oils and perfumery plants in the United States
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Home work [microform] : a choice collection of useful designs for the crochet and knitting needle : also, valuable recipes for the toilet
The ugly-girl papers, or, Hints for the toilet
Perfumes And Cosmetics Their Preparation And Manufacture
The art of perfumery : and the methods of obtaining odours of plants; with instructions for the manufacture of ... dentifrices, pomatums, cosmetiques, perfumed soap, etc.
Trade names of perfumes and toilet articles
The art of soap-making: a practical handbook of the manufacture of hard and soft soaps, toilet soaps, etc., including many new processes, and a chapter on the recovery of glycerine from waste leys
Fall and holiday trade season 1900-1901 : illustrated catalogue. Fancy goods, dolls, games, novelties, fancy china and glassware, toilet sundries
Perfumery and kindred arts : a comprehensive treatise on perfumery
The home guide; or, A book by 500 ladies, embracing about 1,000 recipes and hints, pertaining to cookery, the household, the sick room, the toilet, etc
Perfumes and cosmetics, their preparation and manufacture : a complete and practical treatise ...
Recipes and extracts on alchemy, medicine, metal-working, cosmetics, veterinary science, agriculture, wine-making, and other subjects
Perfumes and their preparation : containing complete directions for making handkerchief perfumes, smelling-salts ... cosmetics, hair dyes, and other toilet articles ...
Odorographia : a natural history of raw materials and drugs used in the perfume industry : intended to serve growers, manufacturers and consumers
1001 tests of foods, beverages and toilet accessories, good and otherwise; why they are so
Cosmetics and toiletries
The art of soap-making [electronic resource] : a practical handbook of the manufacture of hard and soft soaps, toilet soaps etc
Barber instructor and toilet manual
Cosmetics : a handbook of the manufacture, employment and testing of all cosmetic materials and cosmetic specialties
Modern etiquette in public and private : including society at large, the etiquette of weddings, the ball-room, the dinner-table, the toilet, &c, &c
A defence of cosmetics
The Art Of Perfumery
Annual price current (to the trade.) drugs, chemicals, medicines, dyes, paints, oils, glass, glassware, toilet articles, chemical products, etc. [Vol. V]
The Preparation Of Perfumes And Cosmetics
A romance of perfume lands, or, The search for Capt. Jacob Cole : with interesting facts about perfumes and articles used in the toilet
Practical hand-book of toilet preparations and their uses. Also recipes for the household ..
De La Banta's advice to ladies concerning beauty, development of the figure, etiquette, the art of pleasing dress, etc. : also his valuable collection of oriental mysteries of the toilet
The art of soap-making : a practical handbook of the manufacture of hard and soft soaps, toilet soaps, etc.
Bridgeford barber instructor & toilet manual
Popular economic botany : or, Description of the botanical and commercial characters of the principal articles of vegetable origin, used for food, clothing, tanning, dyeing, building, medicine, perfumery, etc.
Perfumes And Cosmetics Thier Preparation And Manufacture
The arts of beauty, or, Secrets of a lady's toilet : with hints to gentlemen on the art of fascinating
The Saint Louis cook book; a practical cook book, with health suggestions, toilet, household recipes, invalid cookery, etc.
The perfume of the rainbow, and other stories
Parryβs Cyclopaedia Of Perfumery
Perfumes and cosmetics, their preparation and manufacture; a complete and practical treatise for the use of the perfumer and cosmetic manufacturer
Popular economic botany; or, Description of the botanical and commercial characters of the principal articles of vetegable origin, used for food, clothing, tanning, dyeing, building, medicine, perfumery, etc
Profitable plants : a description of the principal articles of vegetable origin used for food, clothing, tanning, dyeing, building, medicine, perfumery, etc
The perfume-holder; a Persian love poem
The toilet : containing hints and advice on health, beauty, and dress, with innumerable recipes for the toilet table
Etiquette of the ball-room and guide to all the new and fashionable dances : containing the steps and figures of quadrilles, valses, polkas ... with hints and instructions respecting toilet and deportment
Bullock, Ward & Co. - soapmakers, perfumers, pure food and toilet specialties.
1341 Prayers Cyclopedia Of Perfumery A Handbook On The Raw Meterials Etc.
Parrys Cyclopedia Of Perfumery A-l
Perfumery
Reports on "sanitas," together with history, description and directions for use of the several "sanitas" ... liquids, powder, soaps, veterinary and toilet preparations
Perfumes And Cosmetics Ed. 4
Health, beauty and the toilet [electronic resource] : letters to ladies from a lady doctor
The perfume holder and other poems
The production of volatile oils and perfumery plants in the United States
Perfume and poison
The art of perfumery : and the methods of obtaining odours of plants. With instructions for the manufacture of perfumes ... to which is added an appendix on preparing artificial fruit-essences, etc
The perfume of Eros; a Fifth avenue incident
Vitrolite toilet compartments and sanitary construction
A short handbook of cosmetics
The scholars' companion and ball-room vade mecum ... With hints and instructions respecting toilet, deportment,&c., &c. ...
Parrys Cyclopedia Of Perfumery M-z
The Veedee and how to use it for various complaints, etc : with special chapters relating to its uses for the toilet
Perfumes And Cosmetics Ed. 5th
A complete treatise on perfumery:containing notices of the raw material used in the art, and the best formulae for the fabrication of pomades, oils, powders, cosmetics ...
Cosmetics : a treatise for physicians and pharmacists
Table-ware, desk, and toilet articles : manufactured in the celebrated Lenox Belleek / by Lenox, Incorporated.
Catalogue of family & patent medicines, perfumery, mineral waters and miscellaneous articles sold wholesale by Bewley & Draper, Mary Street, Dublin
Drane & Co.'s price list : drugs, patent medicines, herbs, toilet and nursery requisites, perfumery, surgical instruments, teas, &c., &c. : for cash only...
General prices current of foreign and domestic drugs, medicines, chemicals, extracts, pharmaceutical preparations, essential oils, sponges, fancy goods, druggists' sundries, perfumery, proprietary articles, etc., etc. ..
The New York fashion bazar book of the toilet. A complete guide and manual to all the arts and secrets of personal beauty and charm.
The perfume of the violet
W. R. Hedges' pocket price list of genuine drugs, chemicals, patent medicines, perfumes, soaps, toilet requisites, domestic & dietetic articles, foreign mineral waters, &c
Arabesque Toilet-Cover in Square Crochet
The art of perfumery and the methods of obtaining the odours of plants
Bathing and the bath : simple and medicated : its history, effect and mode of application, with a particular description of the patent "toilet bath"
Cosmetics - 3rd ed.
The imperishable perfume, with other translations from the French, and poems
Regulations 51 relating to excise taxes on toilet and medicinal articles under sections 907 of the Revenue Act of 1918
Chinese cinnamon vines, beautiful leaves, dainty flowers, exquisite perfume [reduced prices] / [Z. Jay Ireland, successor to A. T. Cook].
W.R. Hedges' January 1890 price list of genuine drugs, chemicals, patent medicines, perfumes, soaps, toilet requisites, domestic and dietetic articles, foreign mineral waters etc
The perfume-holder, a Persian love poem [microform]
The Ugly-Girl Papers; or, Hints for the Toilet (1874)
General prices current of foreign and domestic drugs, medicines, chemicals : extracts, pharmaceutical preparations, essential oils, sponges, fancy goods, druggists' sundries, perfumery, proprietary articles, etc.
The gentleman's companion to the toilet, or a treatise on shaving ...
Cosmetics as Drugs: A Review of Some of the Reported Harmful Effects of the Ordinary Constituents of Widely Used Cosmetics
Southall's illustrated catalogue of nursery & invalid requisites, surgical appliances, toilet specialities, etc. etc
Ball-room dancing without a master, and complete guide to the etiquette, toilet, dress and management of the ball-room; with all the principal dances in popular use.
Drane & Co.'s price list : drugs, patent medicines, herbs, toilet and nursery requisites, perfumery, surgical instruments, teas, &c., &c
Pick & Co.'s family almanac and household, toilet, receipt, and reference book for 1888
Nature's law of health and disease and the ladies' toilet; a concise up-to-date family medical work and ladies' companion
W.R. Hedges' pocket price list of drugs, chemicals, patent medicines, perfumes, soaps, toilet requisites, domestic and dietetic articles, foreign mineral waters etc
A Degenerate Work of Art: "Woman Making Her Toilet" by Degas
The delivery of the lens for the extraction of cataract : irrigation of the anterior chamber and the first toilet of the wound
A Gentleman's Secretary and Toilet Cabinet
Specification of Henrik Gahn : cosmetics
Perfume of Cathay
The Art of Perfumery: Method of Obtaining the Odors of Plants
Baby's Toilet
Design for Toilet Set
Los Angeles, Cal.: Bathrooms and Water-Closets Not to Be Used for Other than Toilet Purposes. (Ordinance Adopted May 1, 1912)
A Greek Toilet Box: With a Scene from the Odyssey
Toilet Habits of Ants
Virginia: Factories, Workshops, Offices, Etc.. Sanitary Regulation. Adequate Toilet Facilities to Be Provided. (Chap. 286, Act Mar. 25, 1914)
Inquiries into trades for factory workers : sample mounting and sample case making, perfumery trade, paper box making, candy trade, case making for jewelry and silverware.
California: Camps. Cleanliness. Air Space. Toilet Facilities. Garbage and Waste. Inspection. Penalty. (Act May 18, 1915)
Portland, Oreg.: Nuisances. Toilet Facilities for Workmen. Garbage and Rubbish. (Ord. 25831, Aug. 31, 1912)
The Toilet of Thrips
[Illustration]: Plate 56. Toilet
Springfield, Ill.: Moving-Picture Theaters. Disinfection. Adequate Toilet Facilities to Be Provided. (Ord. Mar. 23, 1915)
Awards in the Prize Competition for a Five-Piece Toilet Set
Biscuit Perfume
Los Angeles, Cal.: Bathrooms and Water-Closets. Use for Other than Toilet Purposes Prohibited. (Ord. 30619, Aug. 13, 1914)
Indiana: Open-Air Schools. Establishment and Maintenance. Toilet Facilities for Schools. (Act Mar. 3, 1915)
District of Columbia: Common Eating and Drinking Utensils and Toilet Articles. Prohibited in Public Places. (Reg. of Commissioners, Dec. 3, 1915)
The toilet of Flora; or, a collection of the most simple and approved methods of preparing baths, essences, pomatums, ... with receipts for cosmetics of every kind, ... 1775
New York, N. Y.: Hair Dyes and Other Toilet Preparations. Possession, Sale, or Dispensing Prohibited When Articles Are Injurious to Health. (Reg. Dept. of H., Dec. 21, 1915)
Toilet medicine : a popular scientific manual on the correction of bodily defects and the improvement and preservation of personal appearance : together with formulae for all the special preparations recommended
Passaic, N. J.: Buildings. Lighting, Ventilation, and Toilet Facilities of, When Occupied. (Reg. Bd. of H., May 12, 1915)
Florida: Schools. Adequate Toilet Facilities to Be Provided. Construction of Toilets. (Chap. 6836, Act May 13, 1915)
The Perfume Of Eros
New Hanover County, N. C.: Buildings for Residential or Business Purposes. Adequate Toilet Facilities to Be Provided. (Reg. Bd. of H., May 18, 1915)
Toilet: A Weekly Collection of Literary Pieces, Principally Designed for the Amusement of the Ladies 1801-01-17: Vol 1 Iss 1
Improvements in perfumery
Cumberland, Md.: Toilet Facilities in Factories, Buildings, and Residences. (Ord. Dec. 1, 1914)
Bayley, perfumer, at the Old Civet-cat, in Cockspur-Street, the bottom of St. James's Hay-Market, London. Makes, imports and sells, all sorts of perfumery, wholesale and retale, at the lowest prices. ... 1780
Plasto-cosmetics in surgery of the face
Jacob Brothers, [date unknown] (Creators of "Sigma" Toilet Preparations, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) [ANS Chapman brothers business correspondence]
Cosmetics
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