A practical treatise on the manufacture of perfumery: Comprising Directions for Making All Kinds of Perfumes, Sachet Powders, Fumigating Materials, Dentrifices, Cosmetics, Etc., Etc., with a Full Account of the Volatile Oils, Balsams, Resins, and Other Natural and Artificial Perfume-substances, Including the Manufacture of Fruit Ethers, and Tests of Their Purity

The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources

Anonymous

The Ladies’ Book of Useful Information presents itself as a single‑volume handbook aimed specifically at…

The Art of Perfumery, and Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants With Instructions for the Manufacture of Perfumes for the Handkerchief, Scented Powders, Odorous Vinegars, Dentifrices, Pomatums, Cosmetics, Perfumed Soap, Etc., to which is Added an Appendix on Preparing Artificial Fruit-Essences, Etc.

G. W. Septimus Piesse

The work is a nineteenth‑century manual that treats the sense of smell as a neglected yet vital faculty,…

Perfumes and their preparation: Containing complete directions for making handkerchief perfumes, smelling-salts, sachets, fumigating pastils; Preparations for the Care of the Skin, the Mouth, the Hair; Cosmetics, Hair Dyes, and Other Toilet Articles

George William Askinson

This work is a comprehensive manual on the science and craft of perfumery, written by George William…

My secrets of beauty: Including more than 1,000 valuable recipes for preparations used and recommended by Mme. Cavalieri herself

Lina Cavalieri

A History of Magic and Experimental Science, Volume 1 (of 2) During the First Thirteen Centuries of Our Era

Lynn Thorndike

Lynn Thorndike’s A History of Magic and Experimental Science, Volume 1 is a scholarly survey of the…

Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846

James Richardson

James Richardson’s work is a nineteenth‑century travel narrative that records his 1845‑46 expedition across…