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The Quest for Human Beauty: An Illustrated History Hardback - 1998

by Julian Robinson; Preface by Julian Robinson

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This is a compendium of the disparate notions of human beauty throughout history and cultures. It illuminates how and why, for thousands of years, men and women across the globe have gone to elaborate lengths to alter their natural appearance.

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  • Title The Quest for Human Beauty: An Illustrated History
  • Author Julian Robinson; Preface by Julian Robinson
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Publication date 1998
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780393040043 / 0393040046
  • Weight 3.09 lbs (1.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.37 x 8.88 x 1.1 in (28.88 x 22.56 x 2.79 cm)
  • Category Archaeology / Anthropology
  • Library of Congress subjects Beauty, Personal - History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 97019491
  • Dewey Decimal Code 646.7
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