April 12, 2024
1797 PHYSIOGNOMY Phrenology BODY Anatomy PSYCHOLOGY Leather PATHOLOGY Medical
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Essays on physiognomy: calculated to extend the knowledge and love of mankind. Translated from the last Paris edition by the Rev. C. Moore. Lavater, John Caspar. London: Symonds, 1797. This collection of Lavater's essays in English is one of the best editions of his most famous work. Lavater (1741-1801), a Swiss mystic, was the founder of the so-called science of physiognomy. These essays, which were significant to the history of psychiatry, include discussion of the external features of man, animal, and plant; anthropometry, emotions and anatomy, and its pathological changes, and their application in the arts. The fame of this book, which found enthusiastic admirers in France, England and Germany, rests to a great extent upon the handsome publication and artistic detail of the accompanying illustrations. The work was first published in Germany in 1775-1778 under the title "Physiognomische Fragmente zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntnis und Menschenliebe." The popular work was translated into French and English. This book was translated from the last Paris edition. The two main sources from which Lavater developed his physiognomical studies were the works of the Italian polymath Giambattista della Porta, and the observations made by Sir Thomas Browne in "Religio Medici." Profusely illustrated with nearly 75-100 full-page engravings
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