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Libra Esoterica

Theory on the classification of beauty and deformity, and their correspondence with physiognomic expression

exemplified in various works of art, and natural objects, and illustrated with four general charts, and thirty-eight copper plates

by Mary Anne Galton Schimmelpenninck, William Henry Brooke, George Perfect Harding, Henry Hoppner Meyer & Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Plates by William Henry Brooke; see footnote, p. 428. Most are hand colored Errata, page following p. 424 Mounted on leaf facing title of Getty copy is port. of Capt. John Dundas Cochrane, R.N. It is signed by [Henry Hoppner] Meyer after [George Perfect?] Harding, and published by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East Dec. 1, 1825 (stipple, etching, aquatint)

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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 and openlibrary-historical matched “Physiognomy”. Retained metadata contains “Physiognomy” in the subject metadata.

    • “Physiognomy”· via Internet Archive
    • “Physiognomy”· via Open Library
    • “Physiognomy”· in subject

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exemplified in various works of art, and natural objects, and illustrated with four general charts, and thirty-eight copper plates

Open Library record

1815printed for John and Arthur ArchEnglish—No ebook

exemplified in various works of art, and natural objects, and illustrated with four general charts, and thirty-eight copper plates

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1815London : Printed for John and Arthur Arch, Cornhill; Printed for John and Arthur Arch, CornhillEnglish—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • 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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openlibrary-work:OL13566429W
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