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Essai sur la physiognomonie: destiné a faire connoître l'homme & à le faire aimer
1781, Imprimé chez Jaques Van Karnebeek ...
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Dedicatory epistle in pt. 1 dated 1781.
"Materially altered French Version" published by Lavater as his 3rd "recension" of "J.C. Lavater von der Physiognomik, Leipzig, 1772. Lavater's 2d recension, "virtually the 1st ed. of the real work" has title: Physiognomische Fragmente. See Bibliotheca Osleriana, nos. 3176-3180.
Uniformly bound in early 19th century tree calf; black leather inlays on front and rear boards; gold tooling on boards and spine; marbled edges.
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