Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, London, 1797, Vol. 1, Loaded with Engravings made in India dating to the Civil War

dating  to the Civil War era

as a few curls in front open to the sides

and each piece in the set is wonderfully unique

near-horizontal branch coming in from the right is of a very old Oak

and its boldness in red and tan

Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, London, 1797, Vol. 1, Loaded with Engravings made in India dating to the Civil WarThis 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