Metoposcopia & ophthalmoscopia
By: Samuelis Fuchsii Cuslino Pomerani.
Contributors: Glaser, Theodosius, printer.; Ledertz, Paul, d. ca. 1637, publisher.; Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Excudebat Theodosius Glaserus, sumptibus Pauli Ledertz
Published: 1615
Place of publication: Argentinae [Strasbourg]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: Physiognomy -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Metoposcopia et ophthalmoscopia
Notes: "Samuel Fuchs, a native of Köslin in Pomerania, was professor of rhetoric at Königsberg. In [the present work] he suggests a system for the estimation of character based on the shape of the head and the eyes which is linked by Garrison (p. 273) to the work of Carden and Lavater. Among the finely executed engravings and woodcuts are portraits of Cosimo Medici, Andrea Doria, Christopher Columbus, and Philip II, Duke of Pomerania.  A. de Neuille published a detailed analysis of this work, "Une precurseur de Lambroso au XVIIe siecle," in La Revue des Revues (15 June 1896). Cf. L. Stieda, "Samuel Fuchs, der Verfasser der Metoposcopia und Ophthalmoscopia," Janus 4:134-136 (1899). [Cf. Garrison, p. 273; Hirschberg, section 483; Waller, I:3303; Wellcome, I:2468.]" -- Online catalog of The Bernard Becker Collection in Ophthalmology (Washington Univ. in St. Louis).

Signatures:  ):(⁸  A-I⁸.

Some text printed in italics. Woodcut ornaments.

"Opthalmoscopia": p. 86-140.

LC copy incomplete: p. 81-96 (gathering F) and last two leaves of final gathering wanting; repairs to first and last leaves. In contemporary vellum binding with gold stamping on spine: Fuchsius, Metoposcopia et ophthalmoscopia. Has book dealer's advertisement tipped in at front. Has inscription: OW Holmes, Boston.