Principles of beauty, relative to the human head / by Alexander Cozens.
Alternate Title(s):
Alternative title: Principes de beauté
Published / Created:
London : Printed by James Dixwell, MDCCLXXVIII [1778]
Physical Description:
[6], 15, [5], 15, [1] p, [3], 2-17 leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 53 cm. (fol.)
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsL 119.6 (Folio A)Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3294639
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The text is in English, followed by a French translation.The French text has a separate title page reading : Principes de beauté, considerés rélativement à la tête humaine. Par Alexandre Cozens (1777).Evidently the 2 texts in this vol. were never issued separately, despite their discrete identities, and conflicting dates on the respective title pages.Includes a list of subscribers.Seventeen of the plates have accompanying engraved tissue overlays representing hairstyles of the day.NLM copy has the French title leaf and dedication leaf interleaved in the English preliminary matter. Catalogue of printed books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library, II, p. 403Short title catalogue of eighteenth century printed books in the National Library of Medicine p. 102English short title catalogue, T10183
Subject Terms:
Beauty | Head | Hair | Face | Anatomy, Artistic. | Head in art. | Face in art. | Facial expression. | Anatomy, Artistic. | Face in art. | Facial expression. | Head in art.
