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A barber's and wig-maker's establishment, above; shaving bowls, flasks and razors, below. Engraving by R. Bénard after J.R. Lucotte, 1762.

AIDS : guidelines for hairdressers and barbers : don't die of ignorance / prepared by the Department of Health and Social Security and the Central Office of Information.

Two Japanese barbers: shaving (left), and hairdressing (right). Coloured photograph.

A country barber shaving a man; a woman stands on the left. Gouache, 18--.

Sudan: barbering, tooth-drawing and cupping being practised. Photograph, ca. 1920.

Sudan: a barber shaving the head of a man seated in the street. Photograph, ca. 1920.

Nuova prattica della decoratoria manuale, et della sagnia; l'vna a barbieri, et l'altra a chirugici singolarmente necessaria, divisa in libri tre: Nel primo de quali si spiegano gli ornamenti dell'arte del barbiere ... Nel secondo si dimostra la piena anatomia delle vene ... Nel terzo si da l'uso prattico delle sanguisughe; delle scarificationi; delle ventose; de cauterij; de vesicatorij; ... / da Tiberio Malfi da Montesarchio.

The barber's shop / [R.W. Proctor] ; illustrated by William Morton.

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AIDS : guidelines for hairdressers and barbers : don't die of ignorance / prepared by the Department of Health and Social Security and the Central Office of Information.

Sudan: barbering, tooth-drawing and cupping being practised. Photograph, ca. 1920.

The barber's shop / [R.W. Proctor] ; illustrated by William Morton.

A country barber shaving a man; a woman stands on the left. Gouache, 18--.