Lavater translated (5 Ergebnisse)

Full-Leather. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Not dated, approx late 1700s. 275pp. Good/None. Rebound in original boards with replacement spine. Full leather boards with professionally replaced spine, minor scuffing, a little rubbing/bumping to edges. Contents generally clean and tight but for minor soiling/browning, couple of small tears/creases, corner of one page missing - text not affected. Gift inscription to ffep. Attractive private library label inside front cover. 7 attractive engraved plates showing examples of traits of physiognomy. Johann Lavater (1741-1801) was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and Reformed theologian. This is his best known publication, first published in German between 1775 and 1778. It introduced the idea that physiognomy related to the specific character traits of individuals, rather than general types.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Small octavo, full contemporary leather covers - worn but holding well, lacks end papers and possibly half title, five plates bound out of order and 8 pages unpaginated plus 280 pages, Overall good- condition. [QP].

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. A little foxing first couple of pages.

, [ii], pages 187-388, illustrated with 68 [of 70] engraved plates accurately copied from the originals, translated from the last Paris edition, title page incorrectly states this to be volume III, lectures XVIII to XXXII New Edition , lacking covers, front free endpaper detached and with owner's inscription, rest of textblock held by spine which is rubbed and missing title label, loss at head and tail of spine, 2 plates missing (no.150 & 174), some pages and plates lightly foxed, in good- condition , only calf spine of binding remains Octavo, 21 cm x13 cm Hardback ISBN.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Title, (8), Iv, (20),281 Pp.; Title, Pp. V-Xii, 238 Pp., Final Plate; Half Title, (4), Pp. 239-444; Title, Pp. V-Xii, 252 Pp.; Half Title ,(Iv), Pp. 253-437, (Viii, Index). Three Volumes Bound In Five, Complete. Original 35.7 Cm Height. Full Calf, Five Double Bands, Gilt Rules And Designs On Spines, Covers, And Gilt Designs On Turns, Watered Endpapers In Blue And Red. Silk Bookmarks Bound In. All Edges Gilt. First Printings Of Each Volume (Title Pages Dated 1789, 1792, 1798, But The First Volume, 1789, Bound With The 1798 Translator's Preface). All 173 Plates And Other Illustrations Present, Including William Blake Plate And Three Illustrations By Him, And With All Initial And Final Blanks [No Half-Titles In Vol I, Vol Ii Pt I, Or Vol Iii Pt I]. Binding Lightly Worn At Edges, Wear And Fraying At Corners, Gilt Bright, Covers Recently Refurbished, Endpapers Clean, No Names Or Stamps Or Marks, Some Foxing To Plate Margins. Additional Postage Required, International Postage At Insured Rates . 173 Plates and Hundreds of Engravings By William Blake and Others (illustrator).…