Note 842 — Chapter II · THE OUTWARD REFINEMENT OF LIFE.
S. G. C. (Samuel George Chetwynd) Middlemore translation
As was the case in Germany too. Poesie satiriche, p. 119. From the satire of Bern. Giambullari, ‘Per prendere moglie’ (pp. 107-126), we can form a conception of the chemistry of the toilette, which was founded largely on superstition and magic.