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The pocket Lavater, or, The science of physiognomy: to which is added, an inquiry into the analogy existing between brute and human physiognomy / from the Italian of Porta. ; Embellished with 44 copperplate heads.
Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition 41232. Connect to full text. Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 41232.
- Standardized Title:
- Physiognomische Fragmente zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntnis und Menschenliebe. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Italian
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Physiognomy.
- Physical Description:
- v pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 4-140 pages, 36 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 14 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New-York: : Published by Van Winkle & Wiley., 1817.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Translation of: Physiognomische fragmente.
- Copyright May 1, 1817 by Van Winkle & Wiley.
- "Comparison of man with other animals," p.[99]-140, consists of extracts from Della Porta's De humana physiognomonia, translated into English, from Della Porta's own Italian translation, Della fisionomia dell' huomo.
- "Index."--p. 139-140.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 41232).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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