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Physiognomy; or, the corresponding analogy between the conformation of the features and the ruling passions of the mind

being a complete epitome of the original work of J.C. Lavater

by Johann Caspar Lavater & Royal College of Physicians of London

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

viii, 287 p., vii leaves of plates : 20 cm Cover title: A complete epitome of Lavater's essay on physiognomy Title on spine: Lavater on physiognomy, illustrated Original cloth, bevelled boards

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  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Physiognomy”. Retained metadata contains “Physiognomy” in the title, “Physiognomy” in the description, “Physiognomy” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

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being a complete epitome of the original work of J.C. Lavater

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1866-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : William TeggEnglishPublic digitized item

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1792H.D. Symonds; London : H.D. SymondsEnglishPublic

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1800?H. D. Symonds; London : H. D. SymondsEnglishPublic

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Gumberg Library, Duquesne University
  • Contributing institution: Royal College of Physicians, London
  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: Jisc and Wellcome Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • 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: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary
  • Scanner: rich1
  • Scanner: scribe6.nj.archive.org
  • Scanner: scribetteu7
  • Source-reported rights: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" rel="ugc nofollow">This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark</a>
  • Source-reported rights: This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark
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openlibrary-work:OL17698285W
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