Physiognomy
A practical and scientific treatise. Being a manual of instruction in the knowledge of the human physiognomy and organism, considered chemically, architecturally, and mathematically; embracing the discoveries of located traits, with their relative organs and signs of character, together with the three grand natural divisions of the human face
Also known as Physiognomy. A practical and scientific treatise
- First published:
- 19th century
- Language: English
- Content type: Primary source
Plate included in pagination "Printed for the author." "D. Hicks & Co., Bookbinders," t.p. verso Cover title: How to read faces. Spine title: Scientific physiognomy 1
Provenance
Why this book is in the catalog
Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to 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 subtitle, “Physiognomy” in the alternative title, and 4 additional metadata match(es).
- “Physiognomy”· via Internet Archive
- “Physiognomy”· via Open Library
- “Physiognomy”· in title
- “Physiognomy”· in subtitle
- “Physiognomy”· in alternative title
- “Physiognomy”· in description
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Editions
Open Library reports 4 editions; 3 cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A practical and scientific treatise. Being a manual of instruction in the knowledge of the human physiognomy and organism, considered chemically, architecturally, and mathematically; embracing the discoveries of located traits, with their relative organs and signs of character, together with the three grand natural divisions of the human face Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan | 1881 | San Francisco : San Francisco News Company; San Francisco News Company | English | — | Public | |
A practical and scientific treatise Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan | 1881 | Printed for the author: San Francisco news company; San Francisco, Printed for the author: San Francisco news company | English | — | Public | |
Open Library record | March 2003 | Kessinger Publishing | English |
| No ebook |
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Identifiers & provenance
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Identifiers
- ISBN-13
- ISBN-10
- Open Library work
- Internet Archive
- Open Library work (alias)
Cataloged from
- Internet Archivephysiognomyprac00stan (opens in a new tab)
- Internet Archivephysiognomypract00stan (opens in a new tab)
- Open LibraryOL16630908W (opens in a new tab)
- Open LibraryOL16721383W (opens in a new tab)
- Open LibraryOL199014W (opens in a new tab)
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Cataloging notes
- Contributing institution: Harold B. Lee Library
- Contributing institution: The Library of Congress
- Digitization sponsor: Brigham Young University
- Digitization sponsor: The Library of Congress
- 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
- Open Library reports 4 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
- Scanner: scribe1.provo.archive.org
- Scanner: scribe10.capitolhill.archive.org
- Catalog id
- openlibrary-work:OL16630908W
- Edition coverage
- Multi source partial
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