[Rarebooks] ON BEARDS

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Dulaure [or Dulaire], Jacques Antoine.
POGONOLOGIE, au Histoire Philosophique de la Barbe. Constantinople [i.e. Paris]. 1786.  First edition.8vo.  xv, (1), 210pp.  With the half-title and the copper engraved frontispiece.  Orig. boards, rebackedin black cloth, with the original black calf backstrip laid down.  Extremities of boards a bit rubbed,but a very good copy.
$250
The original French edition of a popular 18th study on beards.  With a chapter on moustaches andone on women with beards.

Kenneth KarmioleP.O. Box 464 Santa Monica, CA 90406(310)266-1910kkarmiole at yahoo.com