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Heads of leopards, lions, and a sheep. Drawing, c. 1789.

Philosophie zoologique. Ou Exposition : des considérations relative à l'histoire naturelle des animaux / par J.- B.- P.- A. Lamarck.

Human physiognomies next to animal physiognomies, showing the relations between certain of the species. Etching, c. 1820, after C. Le Brun.

The head of a frog, in the fourth stage of a physiognomic metamorphosis into an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

Six heads of dogs. Drawing, c. 1789.

Four heads of birds: a swan, a polyphemus, a wild duck and a pelican. Drawing, c. 1789.

Faces expressing the passions and showing the muscles relation to expression, with an explanation of the art of 'pathognomy', the reading of facial expression. Etching, c. 1800.

Head of a stag. Drawing, c. 1789.

Head of a lynx and two figures of the head of a beaver. Drawing, c. 1789.

The head of a frog, in the early stages of a physiognomic metamorphosis into an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

The head of an animal, in the sixth stage of a physiognomic metamorphosis from a frog to an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

Comparative animal physiology / edited by C. Ladd Prosser ; contributors Frank A. Brown [and others].

Physiology practicums : explicit directions for examining portions of the cat, and the heart, eye, and brain of the sheep, as an aid in the study of elementary physiology.

On the movement of animals / Giovanni Alfonso Borelli ; translated by Paul Maquet.

Essentials of physiology for veterinary students / by D. Noël Paton.

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The head of an animal, in the sixth stage of a physiognomic metamorphosis from a frog to an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

Comparative animal physiology / edited by C. Ladd Prosser ; contributors Frank A. Brown [and others].

Physiology practicums : explicit directions for examining portions of the cat, and the heart, eye, and brain of the sheep, as an aid in the study of elementary physiology.

On the movement of animals / Giovanni Alfonso Borelli ; translated by Paul Maquet.

Essentials of physiology for veterinary students / by D. Noël Paton.