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Lavater, Essays on Physiognomy, 1789-1798
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Lavater, Essays on Physiognomy, 1789-1798

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Volume I, page 163, engraving of three villains. Essays on physiognomy; designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / ... Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter. Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801.

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