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BELL, CHARLES, Sir. Essays on the Anatomy of Expression in Painting. 6 engraved plates and numerous text illustrations after Bell. [iii]-ix, [1], 186 pages; lacks half-title and final ad leaf. 4to, 19th-century 1/2 calf, crudely rebacked, cover edges worn; plates browned, scattered minor foxing in text. London, 1806
First edition. "Bell's artistic and literary skills combined with his knowledge of anatomy and physiology to make this work a tour de force of art history and the anatomical and physiological basis of facial expression"--Garrison-Morton 6604.92. Darwin, The Expression of the Emotions, page 4 ("Bell . . . laid the foundations of the subject as a branch of science"); Hunter & Macalpine, page 599 (for depictions of madness); Norman 170.
