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The Lady's Dressing-Room 1892, Historical Books - Old House Books

The indispensable companion of every well-bred lady at the close of the nineteenth century. In chapters on each part of the female form copious details guide the reader through such imperfections as wrinkles, sunburn, warts and even baldness - for which a concoction of rum and onion is often prescribed. Chocolate is offered for a cure for bad breath i without ever venturing into too much scientific explanation. Numerous pages of advertisements such as one for carpet sweepers 'the greatest labour saving invention of the century - invention hath no nobler aim than to lighten a woman's labour'. Hardback 384 pages

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ISBN: 9781873590621

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