by A Lady · The British Library Publishing Division · tapa dura · ISBN 9780712358859
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«Beauty, What It Is and How to Retain It» is the beauty guide by A Lady, published by British Library Publishing in hardcover (128 pages, in English).
The book, originally published in 1873, argues that the care of physical beauty should not be abandoned for fear of moral harm and celebrates the possibility of achieving and retaining it. It covers figure, face, complexion, health and dress, with guidelines for dental cleaning and hair brushing and homemade recipes for tonics and creams made with marrow, butter and borax.
The first edition was published by Frederick Warne & Co. in London; the present one is the 2012 reprint.
For those interested in the history of beauty, hygiene and nineteenth-century feminine customs.
