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Book of Perfumes - with Above 250 Illustrations by Bourdelin, Thomas, Etc. by Eugene Rimmel Published by Chapman And Hall, Ltd. London 1865 Second Edition Hardcover Book/DJ Condition: Fair 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 266 pp; Bound by Bone and Son in very pretty gilt-stampe d green cloth, with a lot of delicate floral block prints, all edges gilt, with a rather lovely crest depicting a censer and other smell-dissemi nating equipments, the motto to which is 'Non cuique datum est habere nasum', meaning 'it isn't given to everybody to have a nose'. The author, Eugene Rimmel (1820-1887) , was a French perfumer and businessman responsible for manufacturing and marketing some of the earliest commercially made cosmetics. He joined his father's perfumery business in London's Bond Street in 1834 and founded House of Rimmel. They went on to produce their first cosmetic products the same year. He and his father introduced the first commercial non-toxic mascara product. It became so popular that rimmel is to this day the word for mascara in several languages including French and Italian. Boards have corner wear and some interior pages have small dampstains. Book is a perfect candidate for restoring as pages are fairly nice. Spine is MISSING, which is causing book to be in quadrants. ISBN: none Keywords: Perfumery, Herbal,

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