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Cookery Collection3
Brotherton Collection3
English Literature2

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beauty, personal11
women3
medicine, popular2
women in art2
gardening2
women in literature2
fishing2
cooking, english2
aesthetics1
english literature1

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Woolley, Hannah (1670-)2
Sharp, William (1855-1905)2
Spence, Joseph (1699-1768)2
Walker, Alexander (1779-1852)1
Taylor, Jeremy (1613-1667)1
Walker, Obadiah1
Walker, Obadiah (1616-1699)1
Gauden, John Bishop of Worcester (1605-1662)1
Taylor, Jeremy1
Stubbes, George (1737-)1

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Crito : or, A dialogue on beauty

Spence, Joseph (1699-1768); Goldsmid, Edmund

1885

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Fair women in painting and poetry

Sharp, William (1855-1905)

1894

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Fair women in painting and poetry

Sharp, William (1855-1905)

1894

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Pièces choisies de Goldsmith, Pernell [sic], Gray, Pope, Grenville, Prior, Mallet, suivies d'un entretien sur la beauté

Goldsmith, Oliver (1730?-1774)

An XII - 1804

Contents: Le village déserté / traduit de l'anglois de Goldsmith. -- L'hermite / traduit de l'anglois de Pernell [sic]. -- Elégie de Grai [sic] / composée dans un cimetière de village, traduite d...

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The accomplish'd lady's delight, in preserving, physick, beautifying, cookery, and gardening : containing I. The art of preserving... II. The physical cabinet ... III. The compleat cook's guide ... IV. The female angler ... V. The ladky's diversion in her garden ... [etc.]

Woolley, Hannah (fl. 1670)

1719

Added, engraved t.p., illustrated with title: The accomplisht ladys delight, in preserving physick, beautifying and cookery. Author identified by Wing as Hannah Woolley.

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The accomplish'd lady's delight, in preserving, physick, beautifying, cookery, and gardening : containing I. The art of preserving... II. The physical cabinet ... III. The compleat cook's guide ... IV. The female angler ... V. The ladky's diversion in her garden ... [etc.]

Woolley, Hannah (fl. 1670)

1719

Added, engraved t.p., illustrated with title: The accomplisht ladys delight, in preserving physick, beautifying and cookery. Author identified by Wing as Hannah Woolley.

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Artificiall embellishments. Or arts best directions how to preserve beauty or procure it

Jeamson, Thomas (1674)

1665

Dedication signed: M.S. Attributed to Thomas Jeamson. cf. BM. Table of contents: p. [13]-[16].

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A discourse of auxiliary beauty, or artificiall hansomenesse, in point of conscience between two ladies

Gauden, John Bishop of Worcester (1605-1662); Taylor, Jeremy (1613-1667); Walker, Obadiah (1616-1699)

1656

Generally ascribed to John Gauden; attributed also to Jeremy Taylor and to Obadiah Walker. Cf. Brit. Mus. Cat.; Halkett and Laing; Lowndes. Side notes. Running title: A discourse of artificiall ha...

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A dialogue on beauty : in the manner of Plato

Stubbes, George (fl. 1697-1737)

1738

First published: 1731. Title vignette; decorative initials, head- and tail-pieces. Page of advertisement at end. Prefatory epistle signed: George Stubbes.

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