Beauty illustrated by an analysis and classification of beauty in woman, with a critical view of the hypotheses of Hume, Hogarth, Burke, Knight, Alison, etc. And of the hypotheses of beauty in sculpture and painting, by Leonardo da Vinci, Winckelmann, Mengs, Bossi, etc. By Alexander Walker. Illustrated by drawings from life by Henry Howard ... Drawn on stone by M. Gauci and R. J. Lane ...

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Walker, Alexander, 1779-1852, Beauty illustrated by an analysis and classification of beauty in woman,, 1852

Creator:: Walker, Alexander, 1779–1852
Title(s):: Beauty illustrated by an analysis and classification of beauty in woman, with a critical view of the hypotheses of Hume, Hogarth, Burke, Knight, Alison, etc. And of the hypotheses of beauty in sculpture and painting, by Leonardo da Vinci, Winckelmann, Mengs, Bossi, etc. By Alexander Walker. Illustrated by drawings from life by Henry Howard ... Drawn on stone by M. Gauci and R. J. Lane ...
Published/Created:: London, Henry G. Bohn, 1852.
Physical Description:: xxiii, [1], 372 p. col. front., XXII (i. e. 23) col. plates. 26 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
HQ1219 W3 1852
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/578871
Classification:: Books
Notes:: 1st edition, London, 1836.
"C. and J. Adlard, printers."
Plate XVI by C. T. Barris.--Cf. 1836 edition.
Additional plate numbered XVIb.
Subject Terms:: Adlard (C. and J.) -- Printer.
Beauty, Personal.
Bohn, Henry G. -- Publisher.
Bone & Son -- Bookbinder.
Women.
Form/Genre:: Lithotints -- 1852.
Contributors:: Gauci, M., engraver.
Lane, Richard James, 1800–1872.
Howard, Henry, 1769–1847.
Barris, C. T.
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