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BELL, SIR CHARLES. Essay on the Anatomy and Philosophy of Expression . . . Second Edition. 6 engraved plates and numerous text illustrations after Bell. Half-title. 4to, disbound; scattered foxing, variously affecting plates, institutional stamp on title and verso of plates. London, 1824
Second edition, enlarged, of a work on artistic anatomy and the depiction of expression and character in painting, first published in 1806. "Bell's artistic and literary skills combined with his knowledge of anatomy and physiology to make this a tour de force of art history and the anatomical and physical basis of facial expression"--Garrison-Morton 6604.92. Choulant-Frank, page 343.
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