La Physiognomonie ou l'art de connaître les hommes d'après les traits de leur physionomie, leurs rapports avec les divers animaux, leurs penchants, etc

Lavater, John Casper

Verlag: Librarie Francaise et Etrangere, 1841

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In good condition. Signed binding by R.M. Hunt bound nicely in green leather. Boards show typical wear with light scuffing, rounding of corners. Joints are slightly dry. Green end papers are free of marginalia. Front gutter tender. Text evenly toned with sporadic moderate foxing. Binding tight and intact. Please see photos. Lovely binding, well-illustrated. Johann Kaspar Lavater was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian. He introduced the idea that physiognomy related to the specific character traits of individuals, rather than general types. Lavater is attributed with catalysing a golden age for silhouettes through this work in physiognomy. According to him, the character of a person could be elucidated through examining their lines of countenance . The most accurate of readings were facilitated by the tracing of a profile outline portrait. This contour line could be filled with black or cut from the white paper and placed over a black backing. More often, the silhouette was simply cut from black paper. In the chapter On Shades , Lavater wrote, What can less the image of a living man be than a shade? Yet how full of speech! Little gold, but the purest." COLH1841DKLZ-variant. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers RAREF1841DKLZ

Bibliografische Details

Titel: La Physiognomonie ou l'art de connaître les ...

Verlag: Librarie Francaise et Etrangere

Erscheinungsdatum: 1841

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

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