Lavater, Johann Casper  1741-1801: Essay on Physiognomy, designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind.  Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings, accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals; executed by, or under the supervision of Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter, D.D

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Lavater, Johann Casper 1741-1801 : Essay on Physiognomy, designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind. Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings, accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals; executed by, or under the supervision of Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter, D.D

John Murray, London, 1789

Contemporary full calf. Spine expertly rebacked saving the original boards, 7 compartments of raised bands, red morocco label on two, gilt design on three, renewed endpapers, occasional foxing ,overall a good set, folio, P. title, blank, English translators notes (2), advertisement (6), iv, dedication (2), preface (6), French translators notes (2), half title, prayer, 281, subscribers (10); volume 2 title, blank, contents (8), dedication (2), 238; volume 3 half-title, blank, contents (4), 240-444; volume 4 half-title, title, blank, English translators notes (2), advertisement (6), xii, 252; volume 5 half-title, blank, contents (4), 253-437, index (8), binders directions (3)., 173 full page engraved plates, plus hundreds of finely executed engravings included in the text. Includes plates of George Washington in vol.3. Several plates by William Blake, with many images after Raphael, Rubens, Van Dyke, Bartolozzi, Fuseli…,, Volume : 3 volumes in 5

Lavater was the last of the descriptive physiognomists, but his work had considerable influence in the art community., by Henry Hunter, Garrison-Morton 154.

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