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

Essays on physiognomy : designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind ... To which are added , one hundred physiognomonical rules, ... and memoirs of the life of the author / written by John Caspar Lavater.

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Napoleonic documents

Johann Caspar Lavater (1741-1801): <i>Andenken an liebe Reisende</i>, 1787

Physionomie portative / d'après Lavater, Les Pernety, et plusieurs autres célébres physionomistes ; ornée de plusieurs figures.

Physiognomy; or, the corresponding analogy between the conformation of the features and the ruling passions of the mind / translated from the original work of J. C. Lavater by Samuel Shaw Esq. Editor of the Abridgement of Bruce's Travels.

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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801.

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Napoleonic documents

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

Physionomie portative / d'après Lavater, Les Pernety, et plusieurs autres célébres physionomistes ; ornée de plusieurs figures.

Physiognomy; or, the corresponding analogy between the conformation of the features and the ruling passions of the mind / translated from the original work of J. C. Lavater by Samuel Shaw Esq. Editor of the Abridgement of Bruce's Travels.

Plate illustrating the process of making silhouettes.