Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Porta, Giambattista della, 1535?-1615
Title:
De humana physiognomonia : libri IIII ... / Io. Baptistae Portae Neapolitani.
Published / Created:
Vico Equesne [Italy] : Apud Iosephum Cacchium, 1586.
Physical Description:
265 [i.e. 272] p. : ill., port. ; 33 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:580398
Classification:
Books
Notes:
British Art Center copy has same errors in printing of engravings as Hofer copy. Bound in limp vellum, with two pairs of ties removed.
Subject Terms:
Brodie, Thomas Dawson, Sir, 1832–1896 -- Bookplate. | Gibson Craig, James Thomson, 1799–1886 -- Provenance. | Physiognomy -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Engravings. | Woodcuts.