Recherches Historiques sur l'Usage des Cheveux Postiches et des Perruques, dans les temps anciens et modernes.
by Nicolaï (Friedrich)
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Leopold Collin, Paris, 1809 NICOLAÏ (Christophe-Frédéric), a famous German critic, born in Berlin in 1733, died in 1811; "Historical research on the use of false hair and wigs, in ancient and modern times". This handbook of hairdressing was designed in part for the use of personal attendants of elegant French society and contains details on powdering wigs and false hair. It contains two folding engraved prints showing various hairstyles. It is bound in contemporary pale salmon paper covered boards with a gilt leather label on the spine. Slightly shelf worn, commensurate with age and careful use. Wonderful 209 year old French book on coiffure.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4099
- Title
- Recherches Historiques sur l'Usage des Cheveux Postiches et des Perruques, dans les temps anciens et modernes.
- Author
- Nicolaï (Friedrich)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Leopold Collin, Paris
- Date Published
- 1809
- Keywords
- WIGS, HAIR, HAIRDRESSING
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My book expertise came with four years as Chairman of London P.B.F.A. , many more years of exhibiting at monthly London Rare Book Fairs & owning my own bookshops continuously since 1984.
Every book here was valued by the person who first bought it and will be just as prized by the person who buys it now from my shopping website.
I am an accredited professional & a full member of the ABA, ILAB and the IOBA, "Setting the standard. The books you want...from booksellers you can trust".
You can meet me on my stand at Firsts 2024, London's Rare Book Fair, at the Saatchi Gallery, London SW3 4RY, 16-19 May 2024.
I also am joint owner of Burley Fisher Books , an independent bookshop offering new and secondhand books.
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