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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
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Fergus, John -- Autograph.
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Grant, John -- Bookplate.
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Shedden, Colonel -- Bookplate.
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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Essays on physiognomy : designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / by John Caspar Lavater ... : illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied, and some duplicates added from originals ; executed by, or under the inspection of, Thomas Holloway ; translated from the French by Henry Hunter, D.D., Minister of the Scots Church, London-Wall.
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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
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MDCCLXXXIX-MDCCXCVIII [1789-1798, i.e. 1799]
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3 volumes in 5 : illustrations, 34 cm
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