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Essays on physiognomy

designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind

by William Blake, Henry Bromley, John Hall, Thomas Holloway, Henry Hunter, Johann Caspar Lavater, James Neagle, Anker Smith, J Thornthwaite & Thomas Trotter

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

3 v. in 5 : 35 cm. (4to) Vol. 1 has English translator's preface dated December 24, 1798; the plates are variously dated between 1792 and 1799 Plates engraved by Holloway, William Blake, James Neagle, Anker Smith, J. Thornethwaite, Thomas Trotter, John Hall, Henry Bromley and others

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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 matched “Physiognomy”. Retained metadata contains “Physiognomy” in the title, “Physiognomy” in the subject metadata, and “Physiognomy” in the edition title.

    • Physiognomy· via Internet Archive
    • Physiognomy· in title
    • Physiognomy· in subject
    • Physiognomy· in edition title

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designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1792-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : Printed for John Murray ... H. Hunter ... and T. Holloway ...EnglishPublic digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • 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
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