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Creator:: Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801
Title:: Essays on physiognomy : designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / by John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zurich, and Minister of the Gospel ; illustrated by 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.
Alternate Title(s):: Physiognomische Fragmente zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntnis und Menschenliebe. English
Published / Created:: London : Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1810.
Physical Description:: 3 volumes in 5 : illustrations ; 34 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Translation of: Physiognomische Fragmente zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntniss und Menschenliebe.
Subject Terms:: Physiognomy. | Characters and characteristics.
Form/Genre:: Engravings -- 1810. | Subscriber's lists -- England -- London -- 1810.
Contributors:: Hunter, Henry, 1741–1802, translator. | Bensley, Thomas, approximately 1760–1835, printer. | Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814, publisher. | Audinet, Philip, 1766–1837, engraver. | Barlow, Inigo, engraver. | Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815, engraver. | Blake, William, 1757–1827, engraver. | Bromley, William, 1769–1842, engraver. | Caldwall, James, 1739–1819, engraver. | Grignion, Charles, 1721–1810, engraver. | Hall, John, 1739–1797, engraver. | Heath, James, 1757–1834, engraver. | Holloway, Thomas, 1748–1827, engraver. | Howe, engraver. | Neagle, James, 1760?-1822, engraver. | Rhodes, Richard, 1765–1838, engraver. | Sharp, William, 1749–1824, engraver. | Smith, Anker, 1759–1819, engraver. | Taylor, Isaac, 1730–1807, engraver. | Thomson, Paton, approximately 1750–, engraver. | Thornwaite, J., 1740– engraver. | Trotter, Thomas, 1756–1803, engraver. | Vivarès, Thomas, approximately 1735–approximately 1810, engraver. | Burney, illustrator. | Champaigne, Philippe de, 1602–1674, illustrator. | Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726–1801, illustrator. | Fuseli, Henry, 1741–1825, illustrator. | Holbein, Hans, 1497–1543, illustrator. | Contat, Nicolas, 1717 or 1718–1768?, illustrator. | Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741–1807, illustrator. | Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646–1723, illustrator. | Mignard, Pierre, 1612–1695, illustrator. | Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577–1640, illustrator. | Schlutter, illustrator. | Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641, illustrator. | West, Benjamin, 1738–1820, illustrator.