Ventes live - Lot 783

[Physiognomony]

LAVATER, Jean Gaspard

Essai sur la physiognomonie, destiné à faire connoître l'homme & à le faire aimer.

The Hague, [Henri Steiner] (print. Jacques van Karnebeek) [vol. 4: I. van Cleef (print. Hendrik van Teeckelenburch)], [1781]-1803

€ 1.500 / 2.000

Enchérir en direct (Drouot*) Enchérir en direct (Invaluable*)

Les enchères sont closes


Description du lot

4 vols, folio: [2]-x-294-[1], viii-404, viii-360, viii-328 pp., 193 pl. (tear in vol. 3, p. 93, foxing to some ll. and pl., some ll. sl. brown., occ. waterstains and other sm. stains, stamps and shelf-marks cancelled).

Cont. cased binding: full pink paste paper, flat spines, beige leather title labels (very used, rubbed, strongly dulled corners). Wide-margined and untrimmed copy

Nice edition of the French translation of the main work of the Swiss philosopher and theologian Lavater (1741-1801), with the rare 4th vol. published posthumously in 1803. Ill. with 193 plates (14, 78, 53, 48) sometimes printed recto-verso, title vignettes, head- and tailpieces, and numerous etchings in text (except 1 mezzotint, IV-223) by various artists, in particular Schelleberg and J.H. Lips after Chodowiecki. Edition translated not after the original edition in German, but "sur un manuscrit où l'auteur a refondu plusieurs morceaux du texte, arrangé les matières dans un nouvel ordre & ajouté de nouveaux jugemens" (translator's preface, vol. 1, p. x). Without the advices to the bookbinder (except in vol. 4, incl. in the pagin.). Ref. Cohen 606. - Reynaud 296. - Blake 258. - Conlon 81:1347. - Caillet 6229 (19th-cent. ed.). - Wellcome III:459 (other editions). Prov. Ms. mention of sale and price, dated 1814, in vol. 4.

Plus de photos

Enchérir en direct

Les enchères sont closes


Lot 783

Essai sur la physiognomonie, destiné à faire connoître l'homme & à le faire aimer.

LAVATER, Jean Gaspard

Connectez-vous pour enchérir
Nouvel utilisateur ? Créer un compte .
Se connecter
© Arenberg Auctions 2024 – Webdesign Webit
Voorwaarden | Privacy Policy | Cookiebeleid