Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, London, 1797, Vol. 1, Loaded with Engravings made in India Richer and more beautiful in

Richer and more beautiful in person

85 Piazza di Spagna on reverse

dating  to the Civil War era

Made of a crepe-type fabric

and each piece in the set is wonderfully unique

Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, London, 1797, Vol. 1, Loaded with Engravings made in India Richer and more beautiful inThis 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