La Physionomie raisonnee ou secret curieux

by C. de la Belliere

$1,350 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

Lyon: Mathieu Liberal, 1681. 12mo. xxiv , 235, 53 pp. Contemporary mottled calf scuffed, tail of spine chipped , spine and label gilt, edges sprinkled red. Old pen trials on the pastedowns and flyleaves. Minor dampstaining and some lower corners gnawed. A genuine copy. Item #19441 Second edition of this handbook of physiognomy. Written over a century before Lavater’s landmark book on the subject, this

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