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Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

Gli ornamenti delle donne: Tratti dalle scritture d'una reina greca per m. Giovanni Marinello et diuisi in quattro libri.

Venice: Francesco de' Franceschi Senese, 1562.

A comprehensive manual by a physician on female hygiene, beauty and adornment, containing hundreds of recommendations, advice on cosmetics, and more than two dozen recipes for dyes to bleach hair blond. Marinello recommended a nightly application of a herbal infusion to improve the effects of aging. Marinello has been called "the founder of modern cosmetology." Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

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Entry Number#11404
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/13603
Author Bio Linkworldcat.org/identities ↗
External URLgli-ornamenti-delle-donne-tratti-dalle-scritture-duna-reina-greca-per-m-giovanni-marinello-et-diuisi-in-quattro-libri-

Geographic Context

Publication place: Venice