Chirologia : or, The naturall language of the hand : composed of the speaking motions, and discoursing gestures thereof : whereunto is added Chironomia, or, The art of manuall rhetoricke, consisting of the naturall expressions, digested by art in the hand, as the chiefest instrument of eloquence, by historicall manifesto's exemplified out of the authentique registers of common life and civill conversation : with types, or chyrograms, a long-wish'd for illustration of this argument / J. B.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

J. B. (John Bulwer), active 1648-1654., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gesture--Early works to 1800.

Gesture.

Hand--Early works to 1800.

Hand.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (146 pages)

Other Title:

Chirologia

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by T. Harper, and are to be sold by R. Whitaker, 1644.

Summary:

"In this book, the author describes the use of gesture in rhetoric. In particular, he examines the gestures of the hand and fingers. He traces the use of rhetorical gesture in history as the only speech and general language of human nature. For ballast to the subject, he annexes consultations with nature, affording a gloss of their causes from sacred and profane authorities."--(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved).

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