ESSAYS ON PHYSIOGNOMY 1789, 6 VOLUMES, 360 Copper Plates.
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:7073536 | Subject: History |
| Year Printed: 1789 | Printing Year: 1789 |
| Binding: Leather | Non-Fiction Subject: History |
| Language: English | Format: Leather |
| Date of Publication: 1789 |
Essays on Physiognomy; For the Promotion of the knowledge and Love of Mankind. By J. C. Lavater. Transtated by Thomas Holcroft.
London; G. G. J and J Robinson, 1789.
3 volumes bound in 6- 3 text volumes and 3 plate volumes.
Dimensions; 228 by 146mm.
Pages; VI, (2), 241, (1) / (4), 324 / (4), 314, (10).
Contains 360 sheets of plates (complete).
19th century half leather bindings, wear and chipping on the spines and to the board edges, the hinges a...re secure. The text is complete, some marking and toning, text volumes pretty clean, plate volumes with some toning, marking in places. The 3 half titles are bound at the start of the plate volumes.
Physiognomy being the appearance of expressions of peoples facial features, also with accounts of the features of peoples throughout the world (see photos of the text pages).
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