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LAVATER, Johann Caspar (1741-1801)

Over de physiognomie
Amsterdam
J. Allart
1781/84
€120 - €180

4 vol. in-8vo, 4 engr. title-vignettes, 41engr. plates, num. full- , half- and quarter-page ills, mainly portraits but also silhouettes, eyes and hands, cont. unif. half calf (small p. from 1 back). Nice set

The charming decoration for this work, vignettes and larger and smaller plates and illustrations, was newly executed by J.R. Schellenberg, R. Brichtet, J. Hegi, J. Heidegger and others. The text was selected by Lavater himself from parts of his monumental first German edition (Leipsic, 1775), revised under his supervision and translated into Dutch by Joh. W. van der Haar.
Ref. Goedeke IV, 1, p.264; Schulte-Strathaus 77c; Kippenberg I, 581; BMN II, p.39

Medicine