75/2412 [Physiognomy]. Lavater, J.C. Over de physiognomie. Amst., J. Allart, 1781-1784, 1st Dutch ed. (1st vol. in 2nd ed. as often), 4 vols., 4 engr. title-vignettes (3x identical), portr. of the author and 41 engr. plates, num. full-, half- and quarter-page ills., mainly portraits but also silhouettes, eyes and hands, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.

- Occas. yellowed/ sl. browned and stained. Spines cracking and sl. rubbed.

= Goedeke IV, 1, p.264; Schulte-Strathaus 77c; Kippenberg I, 581; BMN II, p.39. The 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.