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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
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Ralph, Benjamin, active 1763–1770
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Cooke, Thomas, 1763–1818
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G******, Mme de
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Heard, John M. (Veterinarian)
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Jabet, George
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Lavater, Sue, & Co
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Schimmelpenninck, Mary Anne, 1778–1856
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Waddy Productions
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Woolnoth, Thomas A., 1785–1857
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Books
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Archives & Manuscripts
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Three-Dimensional Artifacts
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unknown
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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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drawing book
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etching
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extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
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wood engraving
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card game
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game
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ink drawing
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soft-ground etching
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subscriber's list
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Physiognomy.
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Characters and characteristics.
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Anatomy, Artistic.
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Artists' preparatory studies -- Italy.
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Head in art.
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Raphael, 1483–1520. Tapestry cartoons.
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Aesthetics.
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Art -- Philosophy.
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Beauty, Personal.
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Bentley, Richard -- Publisher.
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Birds -- Printer.
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Camberwell Press -- Printer.
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Clothing and dress -- France.
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Cooke,, Mrs. -- Publisher.
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Curtis, S. -- Printer.
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Drawing -- Study and teaching.
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Drawing -- Technique.
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Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1813.
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Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1817.
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Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1826.
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Italy
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England
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France
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London
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Raphael, 1483–1520
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Gordon, Jane Gordon, Duchess of, 1748–1812
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Exhibition History
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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English
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French
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Lavater, Sue, & Co
Lavater's looking-glass;
1800
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Heard, John M. (Veterinarian)
How to tell the age of a horse
1907
3
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Essays on physiognomy
MDCCLXXXIX-MDCCXCVIII [1789-1798, i.e. 1799]
4
Ralph, Benjamin, active 1763–1770
The school of Raphael, or, The student's guide to expression in historical painting
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
5
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Il Lavater portatile, o sia, Compendio dell'arte di conoscere gli uomini dai lineamenti del volto
1811
6
Jabet, George
Notes on noses
1852
7
Schimmelpenninck, Mary Anne, 1778–1856
Theory on the classification of beauty and deformity, and their correspondence with physiognomic expression
1815
8
Woolnoth, Thomas A., 1785–1857
Facts and faces
1854
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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Mêlanges de regles physiognomiques
1789
10
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
L'Art de connaître les hommes sur leurs attitudes, leurs gestes et leurs démarches
1813
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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
L'art de connaitre les hommes
1826
12
Waddy Productions
"Physogs"
[between 1940 and 1949]
13
Ralph, Benjamin, active 1763–1770
The school of Raphael, or, The student's guide to expression in historical painting
MDCCLIX [1759]
14
G******, Mme de
Les sympathies, ou, L'art de juger, par les traits du visage, des convenances en amour et en amitié
1817
15
Cooke, Thomas, 1763–1818
A practical and familiar view of the science of physiognomy,
1819
16
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Essays on physiognomy
1810