Lavater Translated (9 results)

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Not dated, approx late 1700s. 275pp. Good/None. Rebound in original boards with replacement spine. Full leather boards with professionally replaced spine, minor scuffing, a little rubbing/bumping to edges. Contents generally clean and tight but for minor soiling/browning, couple of small tears/creases, corner of one page missing - text not affected. Gift inscription to ffep. Attractive private library label inside front cover. 7 attractive engraved plates showing examples of traits of physiognomy. Johann Lavater (1741-1801) was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and Reformed theologian. This is his best known publication, first published in German between 1775 and 1778. It introduced the idea that physiognomy related to the specific character traits of individuals, rather than general types.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Small octavo, full contemporary leather covers - worn but holding well, lacks end papers and possibly half title, five plates bound out of order and 8 pages unpaginated plus 280 pages, Overall good- condition. [QP].

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A little foxing first couple of pages.

Quarter Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No date of publication, though circa 1790. First edition abridged from the three volume Holcroft translation published 1789. 295 pages, plus 6 plates. Calf spine cover with red leather name label. Gilt lettering is a little worn, though legible. Marbled paper covers. Worn around edges and at spine ends. Old, very small, catalogue listing pasted to blank front free end page. A few inked names, etc. on blank end pages. Three leaves, including title page, advertisement, and first contents page have been trimmed about one half inch along top, not affecting any text or images. 295 pages, though misnumbered as 275.…

, [ii], pages 187-388, illustrated with 68 [of 70] engraved plates accurately copied from the originals, translated from the last Paris edition, title page incorrectly states this to be volume III, lectures XVIII to XXXII New Edition , lacking covers, front free endpaper detached and with owner's inscription, rest of textblock held by spine which is rubbed and missing title label, loss at head and tail of spine, 2 plates missing (no.150 & 174), some pages and plates lightly foxed, in good- condition , only calf spine of binding remains Octavo, 21 cm x13 cm Hardback ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Vol 1 - vi, [ii], cxlix, [i], 242 pages + frontispiece and 94 other plates. Vol 2 - [iv], 324 pages + 114 plates. Vol 3 part 1 - [vi], 272 pages + 62 plates. Vol 3 part 2 - [ii], 273-399, [11] pages + 153 plates. I make the total of plates 423 + the frontispiece to vol 1. It is difficult to be sure as some of the plates are numbered in sequence, others not numbered and some numbered according to the paragraphs in the text to which they refer and not in a continuous sequence. All in all very confusing. Page numbers cxliii and cxliv in volume 1 are duplicated. Text is complete. In old leather boards with replacement modern spines, but retaining the old lettering labels. Plates are a bit more spotted and stained than the pages. Some plates detached. A heavy set of 4 volumes. …

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 Designs 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).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 3rd Edition, Full Leather, covers and spine detached from text block, wear to covers and spine, corners bumped and worn, boards showing, surface of leather worn on edges and corners, spine has large piece of sticky back plastic holding the covers on and together, starting to come away at edges, another piece has been used to reinforce spine join with back cover, rip at top of spine join with back cover 7cm but remainder still attached, internally in reasonable condition, majority of pages crisp and clear but some wear to edges and corners, a few small rips on edges, some light scattered foxing throughout, binding a little loose throughout, a few places more so, most noticeable between pages 418 and 422 and the plates in between, last two pages (blank) ripped in half horizontally through center.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. BOUND IN LATE 18TH/ EARLY 19TH CENTURY FULL LEATHER BINDINGS, MARBLED ENDPAPERS & PAGE EDGES GILT, COMPLETE SET WITH 360 FULL PAGE ENGRAVINGS, INCLUDES THE BOOKPLATE OF ANTHONY TITLEY [PATRON & BENEFACTOR OF ST. PETER'S CHURCH LEEDS]. EACH BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9.5 x 6 INCHES. SOME MINOR RUBBING TO COVER EDGES, SPINES SLIGHTLY DARKENED WITH A FEW MINOR DARK MARKS TO BOARDS, CORNERS BUMPED, OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING OR MARK TO PAGES & PLATES WITH THE VERY OCCASIONAL PAGE SHOWING MORE MODERATE FOXING, SOME OCCASIONAL BROWNING MOSTLY TO REAR OF PLATES, OCCASIONAL PLATE WITH SOME TRIMMING TO BLANK MARGINS. OVERALL THE BOOKS ARE IN VERY GOOD ACCEPTABLE CONDITION WITH ALL HINGES STRONG. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.…