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LAVATER, Jean Caspar.
Le Lavater des Dames Ou l'art de connoitre les femmes sur leur physionomie; suivi d'un essai sur les moyens de procreer des Enfans d'esprit avec...
Adapted from Lavater's four-volume 'Physiognomische Fragmente zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntnis und Menschenliebe', first published in Leipzig between 1775 and 1778, then translated into French and English. A Swiss pastor and friend of Goethe and the painter Henry Fuseli, Lavater introduced the idea that physiognomy related to specific character traits of individuals (rather than general types, as the ancients believed), and that a person's character could be elucidated through examining his or her "lines of countenance." He based his ideas on those of the Italian polymath Giambattista della Porta and Sir Thomas Browne's Religio Medici.
- Published
- Paris: Saintin, 1831.
- References
- Not in Colas, nor in Hiler or Lipperheide.
- Plates
- 28
- Binding/Size
- Xs=12mo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Paris: Saintin, 1831.
- Ref
- 915
8vo. Contemporary half calf with gilt title on spine with three blind-stamped ornaments, marbled boards. Wear to spine and extremities. With 30 plates, of which 28 coloured by hand. (2), 96 pp. Rare 15th edition of this popular work on how to recognised woman from different countries and cultures by their hair-dress and the shape of their faces. A charming book. Plates are numbered but not captioned. Coloured plates in order: 1. No.12 Lady with hair worn up is facing to the left. 2. No. 3 Lady with her hair under a cap is facing to the right. 3. No. 4 Lady with her hair up is facing straight ahead. 4. No. 5 Lady wearing a veil over her head is facing to the left. 5. No. 6 Lady with a red head band and some hair around her shoulders is facing to the right. 6. No. 7 Lady wearing a brown cap is facing straight ahead. 7. No. 8 Lady with short hair, with a red head band is facing to the left. 8. No. 9 Lady with a pale complexion and light brown hair is facing to the right. 9. No.10 Lady with dark hair is seen facing straight ahead. 10. No.11 Lady with her hair wrapped in a red poka dotted head scarf. 11. No.13 Lady with short brown hair is seen facing to the right. 12. No.14 Lady with her hair wrapped in a pink and green head scarf, facing to the left. 13. No.15 Lady with her hair worn up is seen facing to the left 14. No.16 Lady with a veil worn over her hair, facing to the right. 15. No.17 Lady with her worn up, with a red head band and a mall golden 'crown', facing to the right. 16. No.18 Lady with her hair in a bonnet, tied with a red bow, facing straight ahead. 17. No.19 Lady with a red head band is seen facing to the left. 18. No.20 Lady with her hair under a bonnet, with feathers on top. 19. No.21 Lady with dark curly hair, and a red head band is seen facing straight ahead. 20. No.22 Lady in a yellow and red hat adorned with feathers, facing to the right. 21. No.23 Lady facing straight ahead with her hair in a ping and green head scarf. 22. No.24 Lady with long dark hair, facing to the right. 23. No.25 Young Lady with long dark hair down to her shoulders, facing to the left. 24. No.26 Older lady with her curly hair peeping out from under a hat, facing to the right. 25. No.27 Lady with her hair worn up, with a red head band looking straight ahead. 26. No.28 Young lady looking down with her hair tied in blue ribbon. 27. No.29 Lady in what appears to be a fur hat with chin strap. 28. No.30 Lady in a yellow and red dress with her hair worn up, looking to the right.
