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A truly unique and fascinating collection of 108 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first time on DVD data disc covering all aspects of PERFUMERY & COSMETICS.

Discover the art of perfumery and explore the methods and processes involved in this ancient craft. Study the fragrant flowers and plants as well as the techniques used to extract their odours. Explore ancient recipes and formulae for making perfumes, scented waters, essences, powders and cosmetics. Read about the raw materials and drugs used within the perfume industry as well as the chemistry of essential oils and synthetic perfumes. Overall, an absolute must for anyone with an interest in making perfumes, the art of perfumery, beauty and cosmetics. The full list of titles included speaks for itself….

This superb compilation of 108 vintage books on DVD data disc provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages.

This is without doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by rare-book-collections, and only available here!

The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:

A complete treatise on perfumery - containing notices of the raw material used in the art, and the best formulae for the fabrication of pomades, oils, powders, cosmetics - P. Pradal (1864)

A defence of cosmetics - M. Beerbohm (1922)

A garden of herbs - being a practical handbook to the making of an old English herb garden - E. S. Rohde (1922)

A new booke of destillatyon of waters, called the Treasure of Euonymus - C. Gessner (1565)

A new collection of the most easy and approved methods of preparing baths, essences, pomatums, powders, perfumes, sweet-scented waters, cosmetics.. (1787)

A new supplement to the pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Paris - J. Rennie (1820)

A practical guide for the perfumer - H. Dussauce (1868)

A practical treatise on the manufacture of perfumery - comprising directions for making all kinds of perfumes, sachet powders, fumigating materials, dentrifices, cosmetics, etc. - C. Deite (1892)

A research on the eucalypts of Tasmania and their essential oils - R. Baker (1912)

A research on the eucalypts, especially in regard to their essential oils (second edition) - R. Baker (1920)

A romance of perfume lands, or, The search for Capt. Jacob Cole - with interesting facts about perfumes - F. Clifford (1881)

A short handbook of cosmetics - M. Joseph (1910)

Annual report on essential oils, synthetic perfumes, &c - Schimmel & Co, (1890)

Annual report on essential oils, synthetic perfumes, &c - Schimmel & Co. (1921-22)

Beauty, health and complexion - J. Madick (1895)

Choice and experimented receipts in physick and chirurgery - as also cordial and distilled waters and spirits, perfumes, and other curiosities - K. Digby (1675)

Cosmetics - a handbook of the manufacture, employment, and testing of all cosmetic materials and cosmetic specialties - T. Koller (1902)

Cosmetics a treatise for physicians and pharmacists - H. Paschkis (1891)

Cosmetics, Perfumes and Incense in Ancient Egypt - A. Lucas (1921) (Article)

De la décoration humaine; hygiène de la beauté - P. Cazenave (1867)

Des odeurs, des parfums et des cométiques - G. Piesse (1865)

Descriptive catalogue of essentials oils and organic chemical preparations - F. Power (1894)

Die moderne parfümerie - H. Mann (1904)

Female beauty or, The art of human decoration - A. Cazenave (1874)

Flowers - their origin, shapes, perfumes, and colours - J. Taylor (1878)

Fragrant flowers and leaves - D. McDonald (1905)

Gums & resins, their occurrence, properties and uses - E. Parry (1918)

Hamlin's formulæ - C. Hamlin (1885)

Hebe, or, The art of preserving beauty, and correcting deformity (1786)

Henley's twentieth century forrmulas, recipes and processes - G. Hiscox (1914)

Hygiene of the face, and cosmetic guide - N. Muller (1917)

I secreti de la signora Isabella Cortese - I. Cortese (1565)

L'ami des femmes - P. J. Marie de Saint-Ursin (1804)

Le parfum chez la plante - E. Charabot (1908)

Le parfumeur françois qui enseigne toutes les manieres de tirer les odeurs des fleurs, & à faire toutes sortes de composition de parfums - S. Barbe (1698)

Le parfumeur royal, ou, L'art de parfumer avec les fleurs & composer toutes sortes de parfums, tant pour l'odeur que pour le gout̂ - S. Barbe (1699)

Lecture on perfumes, flower farming, and the methods of obtaining the odours of plants - S. Plesse (1865)

MacKenzie's five thousand receipts in all the useful and domestic arts - C. MacKenzie (1829)

Manual for the essence industry - E. Walter (1916)

Manual of toilet soapmaking - C. Deite (1904)

Miss Leslie's lady's new receipt-book - E. Leslie (1851)

Notice sur les beaux arts et les parfums (1878)

Nouvelle chymie du goût et de l'odorat Vol. 1 - P. Poncelet (1799)

Nouvelle chymie du goût et de l'odorat Vol. 2 - P. Poncelet (1799)

Odorographia - a natural history of raw materials and drugs used in the perfume industry Vol. 1 - J. Sawer (1892)

Odorographia - a natural history of raw materials and drugs used in the perfume industry Vol. 2 - J. Sawer (1892)

Our ladies' book (1891)

Parry’s Cyclopaedia Of Perfumery - Pt. 1 - E. Parry (1922)

Parry’s Cyclopaedia Of Perfumery - Pt. 2 - E. Parry (1922)

Perfumery and kindred arts, a comprehensive treatise on perfumery - R. S. Cristiani (1877)

Perfumery, its manufacture and use - C. Morfit (1853)

Perfumes and cosmetics, their preparation and manufacture - G. Askinson (1922)

Perfumes and their preparation - G. Askinson (1890)

Pharmaceutical formulas - a book of useful recipes for the drug trade, comprising formulas for toilet preparations and specialties - P. MacEwan (1898)

Popular economic botany or, Description of the botanical and commercial characters of the principal articles of vegetable origin, perfumery, etc. - T. Archer (1853)

Practical hand-book of toilet preparations and their uses - J. Begy (1889)

Practical handbook on dermatology - C. Hess (1890)

Profitable plants - a description of the principal articles of vegetable origin used for food, clothing, tanning, dyeing, building, medicine, perfumery, etc - T. Archer (1865)

Raw materials of perfumery - E. Parry (1908)

Semi-annual report on essential oils, synthetic perfumes, &c - Schimmel & Co. (1906)

Semi-annual report on essential oils, synthetic perfumes, &c - Schimmel & Co. (1911)

Semi-annual report on essential oils, synthetic perfumes, &c - Schimmel & Co. (1912)

Semi-annual report on essential oils, synthetic perfumes, &c - Schimmel & Co. (1913)

Semi-annual report on essential oils, synthetic perfumes, &c - Schimmel & Co. (1917)

Semi-annual report on essential oils, synthetic perfumes, &c - Schimmel & Co. (1918)

Six hundred receipts, worth their weight in gold, incl. perfumery - J. Marquart (1867)

Sweet-scented flowers and fragrant leaves - D. McDonald (1895)

The American Perfumer & Essential Oil Review (1922)

The art of cookery made plain and easy, and also fifty receipts for different articles of perfumery - H. Glasse (1784)

The art of perfumery (first edition) - G. Piesse (1855)

The art of perfumery (second edition) - G. Piesse (1857)

The art of perfumery (third edition) - G. Piesse (1862)

The art of perfumery (fourth edition) - G. Piesse (1879)

The art of perfumery (fifth edition) - G. Piesse (1891)

The book of perfumes - E. Rimmel (1867)

The book of perfumes (second edition) - E. Rimmel (1865)

The book of the scented garden - F. Burbidge (1905)

The British perfumer, snuff-manufacturer, and colourman's guide - C. Lillie (1822)

The chemistry of essential oils and artificial perfumes - E. Parry (1908)

The chemistry of essential oils and artificial perfumes (third edition revised & enlarged) Vol. 1 - E. Parry (1918)

The chemistry of essential oils and artificial perfumes (third edition revised & enlarged) Vol. 2 - E. Parry (1918)

The chemists' and druggists' compendium - R. Owen (1871)

The complete distiller - A. Cooper (1757)

The cream of beauty - a little book of beauty culture, containing many recipes for useful toilet creams and lotion - H. Redgrove (1921)

The Druggists circular formula book (1920)

The druggist's general receipt book - H. Beasley (1878)

The English hovse-wife - preserving of ... wines, conceited secrets, distillations, perfumes, etc. - G. Markham (1637)

The family oracle - or, the art of improving beauty (1829)

The hand-book of practical receipts of every-day use - a manual for the chemist, druggist ... perfumery, cosmetics, etc. - T. Branston (1859)

The house-keepers' guide and Indian doctor - A. Foote (1855)

The ladies' guide to beauty - J. Clark (1860)

The mirror of beauty - containing directions for preparing the most approved cosmetics, perfumes, dentifrices, etc. - L. Lamont (1830)

The modern formulary - W. Cummings (1909)

The mystery and lure of perfume - C. Thompson (1921)

The new London family cook, Also a collection of valuable family recipes, in dyeing, perfumery, &c. - D. MacDonald (1800)

The new standard formulary - A. Hiss (1912)

The pharmaceutical journal formulary (1904)

The production of volatile oils and perfumery plants in the United States - F. Rabak (1910)

The scented garden - E. Rohde (1900)

The toilet - containing hints and advice on health, beauty, and dress, with innumerable recipes for the toilet table (1897)

The toilet and cosmetic arts in ancient and modern times - A. Cooley (1866)

The toilet of Flora, or, A collection of the most simple and approved methods of preparing baths, essences, pomatums, powders, perfumes, and sweet-scented waters - P. Buc'hoz (1779)

The treasure of Euonymus, conteyninge the wonderfull hid secretes of nature - C. Gessner (1559)

The volatile oils Vol. 1 - E. Gildemeister (1913-16)

The volatile oils Vol. 2 - E. Gildemeister (1913-16)

Toiletten-Chemie - H. Hirzel (1857)

Trade names of perfumes and toilet articles - Manufacturing Perfumers' Association of the United States (1908)

Traité des odeurs, suite du Traité de la distillation (1788)

An absolute must for anyone with an interest in the art of perfumery and cosmetics – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!

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