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1. Essays on physiognomy : designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / by John Caspar Lavater ... : illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied, and some duplicates added from originals ; executed by, or under the inspection of, Thomas Holloway ; translated from the French by Henry Hunter, D.D., Minister of the Scots Church, London-Wall.

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Creator:
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Date:
MDCCLXXXIX-MDCCXCVIII [1789-1798, i.e. 1799]
Physical Description:
3 volumes in 5 : illustrations, 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Characters / La Bruyère ; translated by Henri Van Laun ; introduced by Denys C. Potts.

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Creator:
La Bruyère, Jean de, 1645–1696
Date:
1963
Physical Description:
xi, 321 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.

3. A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; to which is added, An essay on satire ; embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq.

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Creator:
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710–1784
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
ix, [3], 96 p., [25] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Il Lavater portatile, o sia, Compendio dell'arte di conoscere gli uomini dai lineamenti del volto / traduzione dal francese, con trentatré tavole colorate.

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Creator:
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
2 volumes : portraits ; 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. L'art de connaitre les hommes : sur leurs attitudes, leurs gestes et leurs démarches : d'apres Lavater : avec trente-deux planches colorées.

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Creator:
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Date:
1826
Physical Description:
42 p., [32] leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The eccentric mirror : reflecting a faithful and interesting delineation of male and female characters, ancient and modern, who have been particularly distinguished by extraordinary qualifications, talents, and propensities, natural or acquired ... : with a faithful narration of every instance of singularity manifested in the lives and conduct of characters who have rendered themselves eminently conspicuous by their eccentricities : the whole exhibiting an interesting and wonderful display of human action in the grand theater of the world / collected and re-collected from the most authentic sources by G.H. Wilson.

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Date:
1807-1813
Physical Description:
4 volumes (various pagings) : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. George Stevens's celebrated lecture on heads; : which has been exhibited upwards of three hundred successive nights to crowded audiences, and met with the most universal applause.

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Creator:
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710–1784
Date:
ca. 1766]
Physical Description:
8 p., 1 folded plate : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Mêlanges de regles physiognomiques : manuscrit pour des amis : avec quelques lignes characteristiques : 1ere centaine : pour le profit des pauvres : respectez la misère et ce qui la soulage!.

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Creator:
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Date:
1789
Physical Description:
[3], 98 leaves : illustrations ; 21 x 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Micro-cosmographie, or, A piece of the world discovered in essayes and characters / by John Earle ; edited by Gwendolen Murphy.

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Creator:
Earle, John, 1601?-1665
Date:
MCMXXVIII [1928]
Physical Description:
[2], vi, [2], 73, [3] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times. In three volumes. By the Right Honourable Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury.

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Creator:
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671–1713
Date:
1732
Physical Description:
3 v. front. (port.) 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times. In three volumes ...

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Creator:
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671–1713
Date:
1711
Physical Description:
3 v. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Wonderful characters : comprising memoirs and anecdotes of the most remarkable persons of every age and nation / collected from the most authentic sources by Henry Wilson ...

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Creator:
Wilson, Henry, -1810
Date:
1821-1822
Physical Description:
3 v. : ports. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Glances at character.

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Date:
1814
Physical Description:
viii, 158 p., 8 [i.e. 7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Les sympathies, ou, L'art de juger, par les traits du visage, des convenances en amour et en amitié / par Mme. de G****** ; avec 32 planches représant des figures.

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Creator:
G******, Mme de
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
79, [1] p., 32 leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Essays on physiognomy : designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / by John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zurich, and Minister of the Gospel ; illustrated by engravings, accurately copied, and some duplicates added from originals, executed by or under the inspection of, Thomas Hollloway ; translated from the French by Henry Hunter, D.D., Minister of the Scots Church, London-Wall.

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Creator:
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
3 volumes in 5 : illustrations ; 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts