75/2411 [Physiognomy]. Lavater, J.C. Over de physiognomie. Amst., J. Allart, 1780-1783, 4 vols., 1st Dutch ed., 4 engr. title-vignettes (3x identical), portr. of the author and 41 engr. plates, num. full-, half- and quarter-page engr. ills., mainly portraits but also silhouettes, eyes and hands, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.

- One vol. trifle waterstained in top margin (mainly in blank border); a few quires sl. yellowed. All vols. boardedges sl. worn and spine-ends and corners rubbed. Good set.

= The rare first Dutch edition of the first vol. Goed. IV, 1; Schulte-Strathaus 77c; Kippenberg I, 581 (first part in 2nd issue); Bibl. Med. Neerl. II, 39. The very charming decoration for this work, vignettes and larger and smaller plates and illustrations, was newly executed by J.R. Schellenberg, R. Brichtet, J. Hegi, J. Heidegger and others. The text was selected by Lavater himself from parts of his monumental first German edition (Leipsic, 1775), revised under his supervision and translated into Dutch by Joh. W. van der Haar.