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La physionomie humaine de Iean Baptiste Porta neapolitain, divisée en quatre liures

enrichie de quantité de figures tirées au naturel, ou par les signes exterieurs du corps, on voit si clairement la complexion, les mœurs, & les desseins des hommes, qu'on semble penetrer iusques au plus profond de leurs ames

by David Berthelin, Jean Berthelin, Claude Grivet, Giambattista della Porta & Rault

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: French
  • Content type: Primary source
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First published in Latin, 1586 This ed. printed by Claude Grivet of Rouen in 1654. See colophon Numerous woodcut ill., many of them juxtaposing human facial types with the faces of animals (repeats). Head- and tail-pieces, initials Signatures: ã⁸ A-2O⁸ 2P⁴(2P4+chi) Includes index Binding: mottled sheepskin, rebacked. Spine now gilt tooled, including title. Edges sprinkled red Signature of Rabillion on t.p

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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 subject metadata.

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enrichie de quantité de figures tirées au naturel, ou par les signes exterieurs du corps, on voit si clairement la complexion, les mœurs, & les desseins des hommes, qu'on semble penetrer iusques au plus profond de leurs ames

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1655-01-01T00:00:00ZA Rouen : Chez Iean & David Berthelin ...French—Public 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
  • Scanner: gri-digital-services
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