author |
Jacques-Antoine Dulaure |
title |
Pogonologia, or a philosophical and historical essay on beards |
publ. |
T. Cadell |
|
London (UK) 1786 |
ISBN |
- |
lang. |
English |
pages |
viii + 143 + 1 |
illus. |
? |
size |
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cover |
antique |
descr. |
A book on hair and beard styles, written in a humorous vein, but there is also more serious work, as the author quotes from old sources to mock the Church's strictures on personal appearance. Translation of the French book by Dulaure who lived 1755-1835. |