Lavater John Casper (18 results)
Lavater, John Casper - Author and Physiognomist - Swizerland - an Original Antique Engraved Portrait
LAVATER, JOHN CASPER - an Original Antique Engraved Portrait
Language: English
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No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid antique engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.
Lavater, John Casper (1741-1801)- An Original Engraved Antique Portrait
LAVATER, JOHN CASPER - An Antique Original Engraved Portrait
Language: English
Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, United KingdomK Books Ltd ABA ILAB
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No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine original miniature type engraving. Mounted and ready to frame. early 19th century. An excellent opportunity to purchase this splendid portrait of this famous personage. Swiss physiognomist, theologian and poet.
Published by Printed By C Whittingham Lo, London, 1904
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Seller: Castle Hill Books, Llandrindod Wells, United KingdomCastle Hill Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VOLUME 2 ONLY 324pp, illustrated, occ foxing, bound in black leather/cloth, rubbed around edges gilt dec. ; Large Octavo.
Language: English
Published by John Murray, H. Hunter, And T. Holloway 1789 1792 1798, London (1789, 1792, 1798), 1789
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- First Edition
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Title, (8), Iv, (20),281 Pp.; Title, Pp. V-Xii, 238 Pp., Final Plate; Half Title, (4), Pp. 239-444; Title, Pp. V-Xii, 252 Pp.; Half Title ,(Iv), Pp. 253-437, (Viii, Index). Three Volumes Bound In Five, Complete. Original 35.7 Cm Height. Full Calf, Five Double Bands, Gilt Rules And De…signs On Spines, Covers, And Gilt Designs On Turns, Watered Endpapers In Blue And Red. Silk Bookmarks Bound In. All Edges Gilt. First Printings Of Each Volume (Title Pages Dated 1789, 1792, 1798, But The First Volume, 1789, Bound With The 1798 Translator's Preface). All 173 Plates And Other Illustrations Present, Including William Blake Plate And Three Illustrations By Him, And With All Initial And Final Blanks [No Half-Titles In Vol I, Vol Ii Pt I, Or Vol Iii Pt I]. Binding Lightly Worn At Edges, Wear And Fraying At Corners, Gilt Bright, Covers Recently Refurbished, Endpapers Clean, No Names Or Stamps Or Marks, Some Foxing To Plate Margins. Additional Postage Required, International Postage At Insured Rates . 173 Plates and Hundreds of Engravings By William Blake and Others (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by H.D. Symonds & J. Walker, United Kingdom, 1804
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Seller: Occultique, Northampton, NORTH, United KingdomOccultique
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Quarter Vellum. Condition: Good. NO Dustwrapper. 2nd Edition. (3 Volumes in 4 books): For the Promotion of the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind. Translated from the German into English by Thomas Holcroft; to which is added One Hundred Physiognomonical Rules, a posthumous work. and Memoirs of the Life of the Author. A mammoth cl…assic work illustrated by 418 engravings on the study of facial features in relation to character. Extensively illustrated. Second Edition. Ex-libris plate of Joseph Christie. H.D. Symonds & J. Walker, London 1804. illus I: illus errata cxlx + 242pp; II: illus iv + 324pp ; III: pt I & II illus vi + ii + 400pp + Index hb No Dust-wrapper, paper title label, quarter green vellum, cream boards, ex-libris plate of Joseph Christie & previous owner's details & notes, Vol III: pt I lacks fep & spine semi-detached, covers worn, bumped, discoloured & marked, pages browned & untrimmed, overall good.
Lavater, J. C. - Physiognomist - Minister of St. Peters in Zurich - an Original Engraved Portrait
LAVATER, JOHN CASPER (OB. 1801) - an Original Antique Engraved Portrait
Language: English
Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, United KingdomK Books Ltd ABA ILAB
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No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine antique engraved portrait. Mounted and ready to frame. An excellent opportunity to purchase a dedorative and attractive portrait. C. 1820.
Published by H D Symonds, London, 1797
- Hardcover
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United KingdomBarter Books Ltd
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Condition: Used - Fair
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Brown hardback leather cover. Condition: Fair. Reprint. Worn condition. Hinges cracked and loosening. Front board almost detached. Wear to spine. Content in overall good condition. 220mm x 130mm (9" x 5"). 186pp + plates. 74 b/w plates.
Published by Philadelphia: Printed by William Spotswood, ., 1790
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.Lighthouse Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star seller16mo., full sheep, viii, 100 pp. Good; title page has a half-inch hold along fore-edge, not affecting text, otherwise clean and tight with former-owner signatures. Philosophy, Religion. jbs.
More imagesPublished by George Jerry Osborne - Newburyport, 1793
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Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.Barberry Lane Booksellers
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. Contemporary sheep with double gilt rulings to spine. Small book - 16mo, 109pp - that's tight, square and relatively sharp-cornered given the age and use. Endpapers somewhat browned. 1 ad at the very end - "Just Published, and now selling by the printer." Most of the printin…gs of this book were printed in England - this is a rare American edition by the son of a Revolutionary War officer, George Jerry Osborne (1761-1800). Osborne published only briefly from Newburyport in Massachusetts and had an important newspaper in nearby Portsmouth, NH. According to McNaughton's Bookshop in Edinburgh, the ESTC locates only one copy of this rare book in the UK, at the BL, plus 5 places in the United States: AAS, Boston Public, Buffalo & Erie County Public, Massachusetts Historical Society, and the Library of Congress. Quite rare and in Good to Very Good condition.
More imagesPublished by Librarie Francaise et Etrangere, 1841
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Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. In good condition. Signed binding by R.M. Hunt bound nicely in green leather. Boards show typical wear with light scuffing, rounding of corners. Joints are slightly dry. Green end papers are free of marginalia. Front gutter tender. Text evenly toned with sporadic moderate foxing. Binding ti…ght and intact. Please see photos. Lovely binding, well-illustrated. Johann Kaspar Lavater was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian. He introduced the idea that physiognomy related to the specific character traits of individuals, rather than general types. Lavater is attributed with catalysing a golden age for silhouettes through this work in physiognomy. According to him, the character of a person could be elucidated through examining their lines of countenance . The most accurate of readings were facilitated by the tracing of a profile outline portrait. This contour line could be filled with black or cut from the white paper and placed over a black backing. More often, the silhouette was simply cut from black paper. In the chapter On Shades , Lavater wrote, What can less the image of a living man be than a shade? Yet how full of speech! Little gold, but the purest." COLH1841DKLZ-variant.
Published by W. Sleater & P. Byrne, Dublin, 1790
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Seller: Joe Collins Rare Books, Dublin, IrelandJoe Collins Rare Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Printed by W. Sleater, Dame-Street, and P. Byrne, Grafton Street. Pages: vi, 222. Frontispiece. 165x100mm. Contemporary full tree calf, spine ruled gilt with gilt lettered red title label. This is one of two printings of this work which were issued in Dublin in 1790. Both are describ…ed as the 'Third Edition' and that 'Printed by and for Chamberlaine and Rice, No. 5 College-Green' does not appear to have had a frontispiece. The stipple engraved frontispiece in this copy is signed 'P. Maguire, Sculpt.' and is an almost exact copy of the William Blake engraved frontispiece of the London 1789 edition, thus representing what is probably an unauthorized copy of Blake's engraving, which itself was from a design by Fuseli. Patrick Maguire was active as an engraver in Dublin in the years 1783 to 1820. Lower front corner of binding rubbed with lower front hinge tender but holding well. Aphorism no. 199 has been highlighted in contemporary pen, with shadows of removed pencil marks in the page margins. Overall a very attractive copy of this scarce Dublin printing with a particularly clean example of the important frontispiece which is missing from many copies. Henry Fuseli - William Blake - Patrick Maguire (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by H. D. Symonds, London, 1797
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Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Crestline, CA, U.S.A.curtis paul books, inc.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Contemporary full calf titled in gilt. Four volume set. Mild general wear to boards. PO bookplate of Frederick Seymour Clarke each volume. Vol. 1 and 4 have front boards loose. Vol. 1 with ffep detached, laid in. Vol. 1 has a tape-repaired marginal tear, p. 35. Mild scattered foxi…ng and some occasional marginal damping. Numerous illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
More imagesPublished by John Casper Lavater, 1826
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Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United KingdomLouis88Books (Members of the PBFA)
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Bruxelles: Aug. Wahlen, Lib. -Imp. De La Cour, 1826 Eighth Edition [Visage]; bound with Paris Chez Saintin, 1813 Early (Unstated) Edition [Attitude etc]. Pagination: half title, portrait frontispiece and title, followed by 77pp with an additional 32 (33 in total) hand coloured facial images ("How to K…now a Man from His Facial Features" is the rough title translation). Bound with: Pagination: frontispiece and first plate accompanying page 13, title, 42pp with an additional 31 (32 in total) hand coloured plates of men in various dress and postures ("How to Know a Man from His Attitude, Gestures and Manners or Mannerisms" is the rough title translation). Two volumes bound in one the second quite scarce, together with a total 65 hand coloured plates, all advising on how to "Know a Man". Originally published in a Folio size the is the "Portable" size presumably for 'on the go' recognition of male types! Approximately 5 ¼ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition repaired, new spine with the original boards, gilt titles, 4 raised gilt edged bands dividing 5 compartments. Joints good condition gently rubbed, new. Corners good condition gently bumped and worn. Boards good condition half black leather/marbled boards, minor damage to the marbling along the top edge of the front board. Page edges good condition top edge slightly darkened, all speckled. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition new paste down, plain, lightly tanned. End papers good condition new end paper, plain, lightly tanned with some minor foxing. Title good condition signature along the top edge of both titles, lightly tanned with minor foxing. Pages good condition there is a half title page 'Le Lavater, Portatif which is 'rough' trimmed along the top edge, on the reverse of this page there is a very faint signature in pencil, there is a second title page after page 77 which is titled L'Art De Connaitre Les Hommes and is dated 1813, this also has a signature along the top edge, there are a total of 65 hand coloured portraits throughout, one folding, situated before the second title page. Binding good condition sound. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1826 & 1813 Binding: Hardback.
Published by John Murray, London, 1789
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- First Edition
Seller: Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Folio. Hardcover. Bound in full, period brown calf. 5 volumes. 1st edition. Numerous b&w illustrations. Covers quite edge-worn. Some outer hinges cracked, but holding. Interiors good. Early bookplate. Extra shipping due to weight.
Published by London, 1810
- Hardcover
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
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hardcover. Condition: good. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter, D.D. 3 volumes originally bound in 5 (volume 1, volume II parts I and II, and volume III parts I and II) LACKS 5th volume (aka volume III part II, or pages 253-435). Some irregularities in pagination, but only lacking one illustration in the present volumes:… "A pensive character leaning his head on his hand" from page 10 volume II part I. Profusely illustrated in black and white with copper engravings, accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway. 3 illustrated title pages, 129 full page plates plus hundreds of in text vignettes depicting a wide range of facial features and their supposed significance (some foxing, confined mostly to margins of plates). Folios bound in ornately blind stamped calf (worn and dry, covers of volumes II, III, and IV detached), marbled endpapers, marbled page edges, raised spine bands. London: John Stockdale, 1810. A good copy. Johann Caspar Lavater (1741 - 1801) was a Swiss poet, philosopher, physiognomist, theologian and friend of artist Henri Fuseli. An incomplete, but impressively illustrated set. Please note, the weight of these books will require additional postage if shipped internationally. HOLLOWAY, Thomas (illustrator).
Published by I Thomas and ET Andrews, Boston, 1790
Seller: David M. Lesser, ABAA, Woodbridge, CT, U.S.A.David M. Lesser, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerOriginal full leather [front cover detached]. Port frontis [some spotting, offsetting to title page], 112pp. Good+. One of several American printings. Although Evans recorded a 1788 Philadelphia, it has not been located despite advertisements for its issuance. The book comprises Lavater's collection of the "verdicts of wisdom on… the reports of experience." Evans 22610.
More imagesPublished by printed by C. Whittingham for H. D. Symons and J. Walker, London, 1804
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB)
Contact seller5-star sellerSecond edition illustrated by four hundred and eighteen engravings, 3 volumes, 8vo, pp. vi, [2], cxlix, [1], 242; [4], 324; [6], 399, [1], [10] index; copper-engraved frontispiece portrait after Corbould, 424 engraved plates, leaf B1 in volume 1 with marginal restoration, occasional neat pencil annotations throughout; contempora…ry polished half tan calf over marbled boards, maroon and black morocco labels on gilt-paneled spine, sprinkled edges; some rubbing and wear but in all a very good copy. Lowndes II, p. 1321.
Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerLondon: J. Johnson, 1789. Small 8vo, viii, 224 pages. With a frontispiece engraved by Blake after Fuseli. Old half calf neatly rebacked, a very good copy. Bookplate of PAW. § Second edition (first printed in 1788), first state of the plate. The frontispiece is after a drawing by Fuseli (see Essick, Blake and His Contemporaries.,… 43 for the original drawing) and is a powerful image. The text notes "End of Vol. I" but no further volumes appeared as a fire destroyed Lavater's manuscript at the printer. The Huntington Library has Blake's own copy, extensively annotated throughout. Bentley, Blake Books, 480. Essick and Easson 2, XXXII, 1c. Essick, William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations, XVIII. Pencil note at front recording that this copy was purchased from H.D. (Dicky) Lyon in 1987.
