Teoria y Practica de Cultura de Belleza

[Monterrey, 1945. About very good.. 196,[2]pp. Illustrated. Small quarto. Original printed boards with red cloth spine. Extremities lightly worn, slight loss to paper on rear board, minor soiling. Ownership inscription on front flyleaf, two others on preliminary leaves. Interesting manual on "beauty culture" published by Isaak Budnik, a Polish emigre to Mexico. Preliminaries include a portrait of Budnik; a rendering of the proposed building of the Budnik beauty school "sera el mas moderno de toda la Republica"; and a sample diploma. The contents cover all aspects of beauty care, including care of the scalp and head; how to set various types of permanent wave; how to shampoo and cut hair properly; how to give a proper facial massage, manicures, and more. Many of the subjects include step-by-step illustrations of each procedure. The final section is on "formulas diversas," giving recipes for different beauty products. We find no copies in OCLC.