The encyclopedia of face and form reading
how to read character and personal characteristics by the general appearance : practical and scientific physiognomy being a systematic manual of instruction based upon well-established principles of anatomy and physiology : readily comprehensible to the general reader
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- 19th century
- Language: English
- Content type: Primary source
Bibliography: p. 1211-1212
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| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
how to read character and personal characteristics by the general appearance : practical and scientific physiognomy being a systematic manual of instruction based upon well-established principles of anatomy and physiology : readily comprehensible to the general reader Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan | 1900 | F.A. Davis Co.; Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Co. | English | — | Public |
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Cataloging notes
- Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
- 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
- Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
- Scanner: rich5
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- openlibrary-work:OL199013W
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