Physiognomy; being a sketch only of a larger work upon the same plan; wherein the different tempers, passions, and manners of men, will be particularly considered / By the editor of the History and antiquities of Wheatfield in Suffolk [i.e. J. Clubbe].

  • Clubbe, John, 1703?-1773.
Date:
1763
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Credit: Physiognomy; being a sketch only of a larger work upon the same plan; wherein the different tempers, passions, and manners of men, will be particularly considered / By the editor of the History and antiquities of Wheatfield in Suffolk [i.e. J. Clubbe]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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