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Tractatus physiologicus de pulchritudine : juxta ea quae de sponsa in canticis canticorum mysticè pronunciantur

Vaenius, Ernestus · 1662 · Bruxellis : Typis Francisci Foppens ... · 32 pictures

A 1662 Latin treatise on female beauty by Ernestus Vaenius, printed at Brussels by Francis Foppens, drawing on the Song of Songs to describe ideal feminine features. Its engraved heads show women in profile and three-quarter views with varied hairstyles, necklines and jewellery, a useful reference for period portrait poses, hairdressing and classical-revival female character types.

Physiognomy · Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)

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