The contemplation of mankinde : contayning a singuler discourse after the art of phisiognomie, on all the members and partes of man, as from the heade to the foote, in a more ample maner than hytherto hath beene published of any. In the place next after the chapter of the forehead, hath the phisiognomer added a proper treatise of the signification of sundrie lines seene in most mens foreheads: which in sundrie disputations with a skilfull Iew, he at the last obtayned. ... In the ende is a little treatise added of the signification of moles ... written by a worthie Grecian named Melampus. All which, englished by Thomas Hyll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hill, Thomas, approximately 1528-

Contributor:

Cocles, Bartolommeo della Rocca, 1467-1504.

Malampus, active 3rd century B.C.

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physiognomy--Early works to 1800.

Physiognomy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (16 unnumbered pages, 208, 109-132, 233-236 id est 244 leaves) : illustrations (woodcuts), portrait

Other Title:

Pleasaunt discourse of phisiognomie.

Place of Publication:

[Imprinted at London : By [Henry Denham for] William Seres, dwelling at the west ende of Paules Church, at the signe of the Hedgehogge], 1571.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

A greatly enlarged version of Hill's 1556 translation of "Chyromantie ac physionomie anastasis" by Bartolommeo della Rocca Cocles, in which these woodcuts first appeared. The work by Malampus is "Peri elaiōn sōmatos".

Ostensible printer's name and address from colophon; actual printer's name from STC.

Includes a bibliography of Hill's works.

The first leaf is blank except for signature-mark "[par.].j.".

Quires B and C have numbered leaves interleaved with unnumbered.

Running title reads: A pleasaunt discourse of phisiognomie.

Identified as STC 17787 on UMI microfilm reel 287.

Reproductions of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery (same copy filmed twice).

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 287:07, 511:04) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

STC (2nd edition) 13482.

Related Work:

Cocles, Bartolommeo della Rocca, 1467-1504. Chyromantie ac physionomie anastasis.

Malampus, active 3rd century B.C. Peri elaiōn sōmatos. English.

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