Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, London, 1797, Vol. 1, Loaded with Engravings african basket and phallus

and phallus

though I'd keep it there year round

with a little surface scratching on a couple of the cards and light wear/aging to the brass

and have a particular penchant for those made of matches

and I believe dates from the 1930s

Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, London, 1797, Vol. 1, Loaded with Engravings african basket and phallusThis is a very rare 1797 first edition English translation (published in London) of Johann Kaspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy Calculated to Extend the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind" volume one (of four volumes.) Lavater (1741 1801) was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, theologian, and physiognomist, credited with being the first to introduce the idea that physiognomy related to the specific character traits of individuals, rather than