Essai sur la physiognomonie
Subtitle: destiné a faire connoître l'homme & à le faire aimer
By: par Jean Gaspard Lavater ...
Publisher: Imprimé chez Jaques Van Karnebeek ...
Published: 1781
Place of publication: Imprimé à La Haye
Language: fre
Subjects: Early Works to 1800; Physiognomy
Notes: Printer's name from colophon.

Dedicatory epistle in pt. 1 dated 1781.

"Materially altered French Version" published by Lavater as his 3rd "recension" of "J.C. Lavater von der Physiognomik, Leipzig, 1772.  Lavater's 2d recension, "virtually the 1st ed. of the real work" has title: Physiognomische Fragmente.  See Bibliotheca Osleriana, nos. 3176-3180.

Uniformly bound in early 19th century tree calf; black leather inlays on front and rear boards; gold tooling on boards and spine; marbled edges.