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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
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Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671–1713
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Stevens, George Alexander, 1710–1784
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Earle, John, 1601?-1665
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G******, Mme de
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La Bruyère, Jean de, 1645–1696
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Wilson, Henry, -1810
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Books
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19th century
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18th century
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20th century
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engraving
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aquatint
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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dust jackets (binding)
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ink drawing
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private press books (publishing)
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subscriber's list
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wood engraving
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Physiognomy.
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Biography.
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Ethics.
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Albion Press -- Printer.
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Baker, Helen L. -- Stamp.
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Caricature -- Great Britain.
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Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
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Carr, John -- Publisher.
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Character sketches.
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Cundee, J. and J. -- Publisher.
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Cundee, James -- Publisher.
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Cuthell and Martin -- Publisher.
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Eccentrics and eccentricities.
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English poetry -- 19th century.
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Engraving -- Specimens -- 1807–1813.
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Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1817.
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Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1826.
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Etching -- Specimens -- 1807–1813.
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Etching -- Specimens -- 1808.
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England
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Great Britain
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London
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Oxford
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Waltham Saint Lawrence
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Associated People
Gordon, Jane Gordon, Duchess of, 1748–1812
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Exhibition History
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
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English
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French
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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Essays on physiognomy
MDCCLXXXIX-MDCCXCVIII [1789-1798, i.e. 1799]
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Stevens, George Alexander, 1710–1784
A lecture on heads
1808
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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Il Lavater portatile, o sia, Compendio dell'arte di conoscere gli uomini dai lineamenti del volto
1811
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La Bruyère, Jean de, 1645–1696
Characters
1963
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Stevens, George Alexander, 1710–1784
George Stevens's celebrated lecture on heads;
ca. 1766]
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Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671–1713
Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times
1711
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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
L'art de connaitre les hommes
1826
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Earle, John, 1601?-1665
Micro-cosmographie, or, A piece of the world discovered in essayes and characters
MCMXXVIII [1928]
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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Mêlanges de regles physiognomiques
1789
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Wilson, Henry, -1810
Wonderful characters
1821-1822
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The eccentric mirror
1807-1813
12
Glances at character
1814
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Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671–1713
Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times
1732
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G******, Mme de
Les sympathies, ou, L'art de juger, par les traits du visage, des convenances en amour et en amitié
1817
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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Essays on physiognomy
1810