Seventh edition of this very scarce title. A fantastic guide to the world of perfumery penned by Eugene Rimmel, a master perfumer and one of the world's first distributors for commerically manufactured cosmetics. His brand, Rimmel, is still in operation today. The book features a single colour chromolithograph plate alongside a plethora of black and white engravings. The book covers all the avid Victorian perfumer needed to know about the trade, from its cultural history to its fine manufacturing details.
This copy is in very good condition with exceptionally bright gilt tooling, the only flaws being some pulling to the spine ends, light corner wear, and some light foxing to preliminaries. Else very bright and tightly bound. Bound in forest green cloth with intricate botanical and heraldic-inspired gilt-stamped motifs to the front board and spine, gilt titles alongside, rear board blind-stamped. All edges very brightly gilt. 20 x 13.5 cm. Pp. [v], xx, 266, [2].
