Essays On Physiognomy
LAVATER, JOHN CASPAR
Essays On Physiognomy, designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind
LAVATER, JOHN CASPAR
Essays On Physiognomy, designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind
“By John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zurich, and Minister of the Gospel. Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied, and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of, Thomas Holloway. Translated from the french by Henry Hunter, D.D. Minister of the Scots Church, London. Wall. God Created Man after his own image”. Three volumes bound in five. London, 1789 – 1798. 3 volúmenes en 5 tomos. El segundo y el tercer volúmenes están divididos en dos partes. 37 x 32 cm. Encuadernación posterior. Interior en general en buen estado, papel grueso. 174 grabados (large plates) y numerosas viñetas.
Vol I: Dedication + Preface + 281 p. London, 1789. Vol II: 238 p. London, 1792. Vol II PART II: pág. 239 a 444. Vol III: 252 p. London, 1798. Vol III PART II pág. 253 a 435.
Extenso análisis del carácter humano basado en las características físicas, por Johann Caspar Lavater (1741 – 1801), poeta suizo y fisonomista. Excelente obra