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1. Lavater's looking-glass; or, Essays on the face of animated nature, from man to plants ... By Lavater, Sue & Co. ...

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Creator:
Lavater, Sue, & Co
Date:
1800
Physical Description:
xii, vi, [7]-216 p. front. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. How to tell the age of a horse : a pocket manual, giving full information of the methods employed by professional horsemen and veterinarians to determine the age of horses : with numerous illustrations, showing the shape of the teeth at different ages : and a chapter on horse character, or how to determine the disposition of a horse, with portraits of several famous trotters and thorough breeds / by Prof. J.M. Heard ...

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Creator:
Heard, John M. (Veterinarian)
Date:
1907
Physical Description:
53, [1] pages : illustrations ; 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The school of Raphael, or, The student's guide to expression in historical painting : illustrated by examples engraved by Duchange, and others, under the inspection of Sir Nicholas Dorigny, from his own drawings, after the most celebrated heads in the cartoons at the Queen's palace : to which are now added, the outlines of each head, and also several plates of the most celebrated antique statues, engraved by an eminent artist : with instructions for young students in the art of designing : and the passions, as characterised by Raphael in the cartons / described and explained by Benjamin Ralph.

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Creator:
Ralph, Benjamin, active 1763–1770
Date:
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
Physical Description:
21, [1] pages, [102] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 43 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. 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

5. 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

6. Theory on the classification of beauty and deformity, and their correspondence with physiognomic expression : exemplified in various works of art, and natural objects, and illustrated with four general charts, and thirty-eight copper plates / by Mary Anne Schimmelpennick, author of "A tour to Alet.".

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Creator:
Schimmelpenninck, Mary Anne, 1778–1856
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
xviii, 440, [2] p., [2], 38 leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Notes on noses.

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Creator:
Jabet, George
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
vi, 153 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. 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

9. 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

10. "Physogs" : the novel card game / Waddy Production.

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Creator:
Waddy Productions
Date:
[between 1940 and 1949]
Physical Description:
1 game (4 frame cards, 52 playing cards) : illustrations ; in box 27 x 42 x 4 cm + 2 booklets
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. L'Art de connaître les hommes sur leurs attitudes, leurs gestes et leurs démarches / d'après Lavater; avec trente-deux planches coloriées.

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Creator:
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
[4], 42 p., 32 leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Facts and faces : being an enquiry into the connection between linear and mental portraiture : with a dissertation on personal and relative beauty / by Thomas Woolnoth.

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Creator:
Woolnoth, Thomas A., 1785–1857
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
v, [2], 269 p., [25] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. 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

14. The school of Raphael, or, The student's guide to expression in historical painting : illustrated by examples engraved by Duchange and others, under the inspection of Sir Nicholas Dorigny, from his own drawings after the most celebrated heads in the cartons at Hampton-Court : to which are now added, the outline of each head, and also several plates of the most celebrated antique statues, engraved by an eminent artist : with instructions for young students in the art of designing, and the passions, as characterised by Raphael in the cartons / described and explained by Benjamin Ralph.

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Creator:
Ralph, Benjamin, active 1763–1770
Date:
MDCCLIX [1759]
Physical Description:
[2], 13, [2], 14-24 pages, XI, [1], 45 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 54 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. 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

16. A practical and familiar view of the science of physiognomy, compiled chiefly from the papers of the late Mr. T. Cooke, of Manchester, with a memoir and observations on the temperaments, by the editor. Illustrated by lithographic plates.

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Creator:
Cooke, Thomas, 1763–1818
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
x p., 1 ., 328, [12] p. VIII pl., incl front. (port.) 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts