Anweisung zum rechten Gebrauch des physiognomischen Stirnmessers zur Prüfung der Metoposcopialogie / von einem Liebhaber der Psychologie und Physiognomie verbessert von D. Carl Ludwig Silbermann.

Roschild und Coppenhagen : [publisher not identified], 1785.

32 pages + 4 inserts in slipcase : illustrations (color charts) ; 8vo (17 cm)

With two coloured measuring templates and two rulers (yellow for men and green for women), together with pamphlet in slipcase.

Copy 1. With loosely inserted printed leaf (prospectus). Original slipcase with paste paper lining and speckled paper covers. Bookplate of Georg Ulrich Frieser Nuremberg on p. 32. A silhouette of Frieser, dated 1800, is now in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg.

Copy 1. This copy is extremely damaged and needs to be viewed in Conservation by appointment. If you would like to see this item please contact library@wellcomecollection.org well in advance of your visit.