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Published by G.G.J. And J. Robinson, London, 1789
Seller: Kerkhoff Books DIV KSI, Warsaw, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Fair. Binding copy with text in good condition [faint waterstain appearing, disappearing and reappearing throughout. Hard to collate illustrations as some are bound out of sequence, at least one plate has two examples bound in, 241 pages of text.
Published by Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, London, 1789
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Octavo, 314 pages. In Good condition. Spine is brown with two black spine labels and gilt lettering. Bound in brown leather. Boards show moderate rubbing and scratching to front and back boards, spine. Boards show moderate rubbing to head, fore, and tail edges, minor bumping to tail edge of front board, minor tearing to leather on fore edges. Boards show moderate rubbing and bumping to fore edge corners, moderate rubbing and creasing to spine. Boards show moderate tear to length of spine, slightly exposing the binding. Boards show rubbing and bumping to headcap and tail. Textblock shows age toning, moderate foxing spots, minor scratching, minor smudging to head and fore edge. RWO Consignment. 1371392. Special Collections.
Published by G.G.J. and J. Robinson, London, 1789
Leatherbound. Condition: Fair. 3 Vols. vi, [2], 241; [4], 324, [6], 314, [10], 241-313p. 24.5 cm full leather bindings. Spines cracked and boards detached on all three volumes. Each volume is split into 2 or three pieces due to spine damage. Ex-library with labels and bookplates on endpapers. Binding in need of repair. Leather deteriorated and torn. Pages clean and text unmarked. Plates are in very good shape and remain the main feature of this set. Originally written in German by Lavater, this edition is an English translation by Holcroft and features over three hundred engravings throughout the three volumes. Pages 241-313 in volume 3 are entirely plates expounding upon ideas in the text on physiognomy, the 18th and 19th century science in which facial expressions, and head shape were used to determine concepts of character, and even ethnic identity. Such science opened the door to the more troubling practices of Social Darwinism and Eugenics in the late-19th and early 20th centuries.
Published by Vernor & Hood, London 1806, 1806
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. Abridged edition. Hardback. Twelvemo. (iv), 288pp. Bound in contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Covers slightly rubbed, lacks one plate with another loose and one with slight edge wear, otherwise very good. Bookplate to pastedown. Abridged edition.
Published by London: G. G. J. And J. Robinson, 1789
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 3 volume set. Contemporary 3/4 calf binding with marbled boards. Top leather compartment of vol. 1 and 2 chipped off. Bindings attenuated, all boards attached, but tenuous. Internally very good. Scattered toning. Illustrated by three hundred and sixty engravings that show the methods of physiognomy. The Swiss philosopher Johann Kaspar Lavater repopularized the pseudoscience of physiognomy. Physiognomy is the assessment of people's character based on their outer appearance, particularly their facial features. While criticized by some contemporary writers, physiognomy was enjoyed widespread popularity in the 18th and 19th centuries. The roots of the genocidal impulses of the 20th century rest in the intellectual of foundations physiognomy. Writer Hannah More wrote to Horace Walpole that "In vain do we boast . that philosophy had broken down all the strongholds of prejudice, ignorance, and superstition; and yet, at this very time . Lavater's physiognomy books sell at fifteen guineas a set." (The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 4, Eighteenth-Century Science, ed. Roy Porter) Refs: Garrison-Morton 154 (1772 unillustrated original edition in German). ESTC T139902. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US.
Published by G. G. J. & J. ROBINSON, LONDON, 1789
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. BOUND IN LATE 18TH/ EARLY 19TH CENTURY FULL LEATHER BINDINGS, MARBLED ENDPAPERS & PAGE EDGES GILT, COMPLETE SET WITH 360 FULL PAGE ENGRAVINGS, INCLUDES THE BOOKPLATE OF ANTHONY TITLEY [PATRON & BENEFACTOR OF ST. PETER'S CHURCH LEEDS]. EACH BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9.5 x 6 INCHES. SOME MINOR RUBBING TO COVER EDGES, SPINES SLIGHTLY DARKENED WITH A FEW MINOR DARK MARKS TO BOARDS, CORNERS BUMPED, OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING OR MARK TO PAGES & PLATES WITH THE VERY OCCASIONAL PAGE SHOWING MORE MODERATE FOXING, SOME OCCASIONAL BROWNING MOSTLY TO REAR OF PLATES, OCCASIONAL PLATE WITH SOME TRIMMING TO BLANK MARGINS. OVERALL THE BOOKS ARE IN VERY GOOD ACCEPTABLE CONDITION WITH ALL HINGES STRONG. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.