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Lavater compares this portrait with another on the same page. He distinguishes the professional scholar (this one) from the worldly man by the contours of the nose

Johannes Claubergius: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

Miscellaneous documents relating to Napoleon I, Emperor of the French
1. Letter from Jean Gaspard [Johann Caspar] Lavater (1741-1801) to Bonaparte requesting withdrawal of French occupying forces from Switzerland, for the relief of the population. Zurich, 26 November 1799.
2. Letter from [Jean-Baptiste Joseph] Delambre (1749-1822) to Bonaparte covering his report [not present] on the 'Télégraphe intime' of citoyen Alexandre. An XI, 1803.
3. Report by [Gaspard] Monge (1746-1818) to Napoleon I concerning [Alexander von] Humboldt (1769-1859), giving extensive biographical information about him and his scholarly and scientific credentials. Paris, 4 March 1808.
4. Petition from Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753-1815), Prince of Wagram and Neuchâtel, signed 'Alexandre', to Napoleon I, requesting leave of absence for reasons of recovering his health for 'Capitaine du Génie' Montauban, who had been badly wounded at the siege of Lerida. Paris, 20 September 1810. Countersigned by Napoleon ('Nap') with his approval, St Cloud, 21 September 1810.
5. Deed of confirmation by Napoleon I of articles of agreement between Hugues-Bernard Maret (1763-1839), Duke of Bassano, French diplomat, and Georg Ernst Levin von Wintzingerode (1752-1834), ambassador of Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, in Paris, concerning the administration of justice in the kingdom of Westphalia. Signed by Napoleon ('Nap') at his headquarters at Dresden, 14 May 1813, and countersigned by Bassano and Pierre Daru (1767-1829), secretary of state.

5 pieces in one file 5 loose documents of various sizes

Napoleonic documents

Lavater writes: "With no other inducement than thy hair I should salute thee, Algernoon Sidney, in whom I respect the honest man, the zealous patriot, though perhaps over violent, and sometimes a prey to the weaknesses of humanity". The portrait appears in a section on hair and beards

Algernon Sidney: profile. Drawing, c. 1793.

In the text, the engraving after this drawing appears under a chapter entitled 'Remarkable singularities'. This "girl of sixteen, whose state scarcely exceeded two feet" was, according to Lavater, in a state of "consolidated infancy". While her forehead remained like a child's, her maturity "seems to have precipitated itself, if I may use the expression, into the under part of the face"

Head of a female dwarf, aged sixteen. Drawing, c. 1793.

Contemporary copy, signed and dated by the Author. Lavater has not only signed and dated this copy at the end of the text 'Donnerstag d. 14 Aug. 1788. Joh. Caspar Lavater', but has also added two words 'Lieber Stolz' to the first line of the text. On the second leaf there is a note in which the author requests that no excerpts should be made from these 'Andenken', without his knowledge and consent. Produced in Zürich.

1 volume 54 ll. (last bl.). 16mo. 91/2 × 71/2 cm. Calf-gilt binding.

Johann Caspar Lavater (1741-1801): Andenken an liebe Reisende, 1787

In Essays on physiognomy Lavater comments at length on his own physiognomy, in relation to this portrait and others (for a portrait deemed by him to be less favourable, see Wellcome Library no. 31636i)

Johann Caspar Lavater: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

Extracts from 'Essays on Physiognomy' designed to promote the Knowledge and love of Mankind ... Translated from the French by Henry Hunter, D.D. [1741-1802] ... Printed 1792 (Incomplete). Illustrated by a few pen-drawings and pasted-in tracings in pencil. The first section has no title-page, the second a title-page as given above, and the third reads: 'Extracts from Dr. Hunter's Edition of J. G. Lavater's 'Essays on Physiognomy'. The 18 ll. are scraps of various sizes, and some deal with pictures, etc. in Italian Art Galleries. Henry Hunter's translation was published in five volumes (three volumes in five) in 1789-98. This MS. is very carefully written and on fine Whatman paper.

1 volume 47 pp. + 2 ll. (last bl.). + 1 l. + 63 pp. + 11 ll. (last bl.). + 55 ll. (last bl.). + 18 ll. (loose). folio. 301/2 × 24 cm. Unbound in pamphlet box. A few leaves have been mutilated by the cutting out of pasted-in illustrations.

Lavater, Johann Caspar (1741-1801)

William Shakespeare: profile. Drawing, c. 1793.

Eyes expressing an energetic character, according to Lavater's system of physiognomy. Drawing, c. 1794.

Auszüge aus J. C. Lavater's 'Physiognomik' zur Beförderung der Menschenliebe und Menschenkenntniss. Vervollständigte neue Auflage der verkürzt herausgegebenen physiognomischen Fragmente. Berlin. 1834. 2tes Abdruck Dresden im August 1841. Hugo Hermann. Illustrated with rough pen-drawings of heads, etc. Apparently unfinished: it ends at p. 103 of Section XI, Vol. 3. Produced in Dresden.

1 volume 62 ll. (last 6 bl.). 8vo. 22 × 15 cm. Unbound.

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