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Essays on physiognomy, designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind

designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind.

Also known as Essays on physiognomy; Essays on physiognomy [electronic resource]; Essays on physiognomy, calculated to extend the knowledge and the love of mankind

by Johann Kaspar Lavater, Johann Caspar Lavater, Thomas Holcroft, Charles Henry Hart, Charles Moore, Georg Gessner, King's College London, Physical Society former owner, University of Glasgow. Library & William Beaumont

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  • 18th century
  • Languages: English, French, German
  • Content type: Primary source
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Language: English Physical Type/Description: cxxviii, 507 pages, 80 preliminary leaves : illustrations (portrait) ; 24 cm General Note: Translation of: Physiognomische Fragmente. Spine title: Lavater on physiognomy. Text followed by 5 unnumbered pages of of publisher's advertisements, with title: Standard library editions of the following works, printed for B. Blake, 13, Bell Yard, Temple Bar. Frontispiece portrait signed "Corbould, delt. ; engraved by Holl." Local Note: The online edition of this book in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by the Emory University Digital Library Publications Program. HEALTH: Added as part of 2008 Rare Book Project. Additional Physical Form: Also available online. Binding Note: Half-bound book with stained leather over marbled paper boards, gold tooling and stamping over black title block on spine, tan endpapers. Surface of cover boards worn, hinges damaged.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Divination and oracles.

  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openlibrary, and openlibrary-historical matched “Physiognomy”. Retained metadata contains “Physiognomy” in the title, “Physiognomy” in the alternative title, “Physiognomy” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

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    • “Physiognomy”· in title
    • “Physiognomy”· in alternative title
    • “Physiognomy”· in description
    • “Physiognomy”· in subject

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Essays on physiognomy

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1853-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : William Tegg and Co., 85, Queen Street, CheapsideEnglish—Public digitized item

Essays on physiognomy [electronic resource]

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1804-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : H. D. SymondsEnglish—Public digitized item

Essays on physiognomy [electronic resource]

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1848-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : William TeggEnglish, German—Public digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: Boston Public Library
  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
  • Contributing institution: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Contributing institution: Holcroft, Thomas, 1745-1809, translator; Holl, Benjamin, 1808-1884, engraver; Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801. One hundred physiognomonical rules; Tyler, William (Printer), printer; William Tegg and Co., publisher
  • Contributing institution: King's College London, Foyle Special Collections Library
  • Contributing institution: Oxford University
  • Contributing institution: Robarts - University of Toronto
  • Contributing institution: The George Peabody Library, The Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries
  • Contributing institution: University of Glasgow Library
  • Contributing institution: unknown library
  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Boston Public Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Emory University, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: Jisc and Wellcome Library
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Digitization sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons
  • Digitization sponsor: The Arcadia Fund
  • Digitization sponsor: Wellcome Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana; medicalheritagelibrary
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: europeanlibraries
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary; wellcomelibrary
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: toronto
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 28 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 4 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 5 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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