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Title

Le Lavater

Portatif

Ou

Précis De L’Art De Connaitre Les Hommes Par Les Traits Du Visage

Huitième Edition

1826

Bruxelles: Aug. Wahlen, Lib. -Imp. De La Cour

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Together With

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L’Art De Connaitre Les Hommes Sur Leurs Attitudes, Leurs Gestes, et Leurs Démarches

D’Après Lavater

Avec Trente-deux Planches Coloriées

1813

Paris: Chez Saintin

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Eighth and Early Edition

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Half Leather Binding

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Author

John Casper Lavater

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Year of Publication

1826

1813

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Publisher

Bruxelles and Paris – see above

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For full description see below - after all photographs

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Description:

Bruxelles: Aug. Wahlen, Lib. -Imp. De La Cour, 1826 Eighth Edition [Visage]; bound with Paris Chez Saintin, 1813 Early (Unstated) Edition [Attitude etc].

Pagination: half title, portrait frontispiece and title, followed by 77pp with an additional 32 (33 in total) hand coloured facial images (“How to Know a Man from His Facial Features” is the rough title translation).

Bound with:

Pagination: frontispiece and first plate accompanying page 13, title, 42pp with an additional 31 (32 in total) hand coloured plates of men in various dress and postures (“How to Know a Man from His Attitude, Gestures and Manners or Mannerisms” is the rough title translation).

Two volumes bound in one – the second quite scarce, together with a total 65 hand coloured plates, all advising on how to “Know a Man”. Originally published in a Folio size the is the “Portable” size presumably for ‘on the go’ recognition of male types!

Approximately 5 ¼ inches tall.

Condition Report

Externally

• Spine – good condition – repaired, new spine with the original boards, gilt titles, 4 raised gilt edged bands dividing 5 compartments.
• Joints – good condition – gently rubbed, new.
• Corners – good condition – gently bumped and worn.
• Boards – good condition – half black leather/marbled boards, minor damage to the marbling along the top edge of the front board.
• Page edges – good condition – top edge slightly darkened, all speckled.
• See above and photos.

Internally

• Hinges – good condition – sound.
• Paste downs – good condition – new paste down, plain, lightly tanned.
• End papers – good condition – new end paper, plain, lightly tanned with some minor foxing.
• Title – good condition – signature along the top edge of both titles, lightly tanned with minor foxing.
• Pages – good condition – there is a half title page ‘Le Lavater, Portatif which is ‘rough’ trimmed along the top edge, on the reverse of this page there is a very faint signature in pencil, there is a second title page after page 77 which is titled L’Art De Connaitre Les Hommes and is dated 1813, this also has a signature along the top edge, there are a total of 65 hand coloured portraits throughout, one folding, situated before the second title page.
• Binding – good condition – sound.
• See photos

Publisher: see above.
Publication Date: 1826 & 1813
Binding: Hardback

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