Excerpt from Lavater's essays on physiognomy. Engravings and letterpress, 1791.

  • Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801.
Date:
December 1791
  • Mixed materials

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Description

The original cover of one of the fascicules as issued, with pages of text (vol. II, pp. 281-300) and engravings

Publication/Creation

London (No. 32, Fleet-Street) : John Murray ; [London] (Charles's Square [Hoxton]) : Henry Hunter, D.D., the translator ; [London] (No. 11, Bache's-Row, near Charles's Square, Hoxton) : Thomas Holloway, the engraver [etc.], December 1791.

Physical description

11 pages : engravings and letterpress ; sheets 36 x 30 cm

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Lettering

Lavater's essays on physiognomy: containing two sheets and a half of letter-press; and the following engraved vignettes, all finished and finely executed. ... No. XX. Being No. X of Vol. II.

Notes

Issued in 41 parts, 1788-1799. (New York. Public Library, The Arents collection of books in parts, New York, 1957, p. 74): this is "No. XX. being No. X of Vol. II", issued in December 1791

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2497822i

Creator/production credits

Lavater's text is translated by Henry Hunter. All the attributed plates are designed by Fuseli. The engravers include Isaac Taylor, Charles Grignion, James Gillray and Thomas Holloway

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