Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, London, 1797, Vol. 1, Loaded with Engravings made in India presumed early 20th century

presumed early 20th century

All of this adds up to one of my very favorite finds of late

Richer and more beautiful in person

dating  to the Civil War era

Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, London, 1797, Vol. 1, Loaded with Engravings made in India presumed early 20th centuryThis is a very rare 1797 first edition English translation (published in London) of Johann Kaspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy Calculated to Extend the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind" volume one (of four volumes.) Lavater (1741 1801) was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, theologian, and physiognomist, credited with being the first to introduce the idea that physiognomy related to the specific character traits of individuals, rather than