Essays on Physiognomy, Volume I
author
Johann Caspar Lavater
(Zurich, 1741 - 1801, Zurich)
engraver
Thomas Holloway
(London, 1748 - 1827, Coltishall)
publisher
John Murray
(founded London, 1768)
translator
Henry Hunter
(Culross, 1741 - 1802, Bristol)
Date1789
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions35.5 x 29 x 5.5 cm (14 x 11 7/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number9.c.4.5
eMuseum ID717946
TMS Source ID28014
Last Updated8/14/24
Description3 v. in 5. : illus., plates, ports. ; 35 cm.Status
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MarksNotes
Bookplate (inside front cover, center): J. Cresswell
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf reverse, top left corner): 5 vols. / Duke of [Q __'s] Copy
ProvenanceNotesCollection of J. Cresswell.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston for $65 for five volumes on 27 May 1922.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston for $65 for five volumes on 27 May 1922.
