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CAMPER, PIETER. Dissertation Physique . . . sur Différences réelles que présentent les Traits du Visage chez les Hommes de Différents Pays et de Différents Âges; sur le Beau qui caractérise les Statues Antiques et les Pierre Gravées. Suivie de la Proposition d'une Nouvelle Méthode pour déssiner Toutes Sortes de Têtes Humaines avec la plus Grande Sûreté. 10 engraved plates. viii, 114, [2] pages. 4to, early 19th-century 1/4 calf, paste-paper boards, with additional pieces of marbled paper mounted on covers; unobtrusive perforated stamp on half-title, title, and final index leaf, plates dampstained with traces of mold. Utrecht: B. Wild & J. Altheer, 1791
First published the same year in Dutch, "this work on physiognomy includes Camper's description of his craniometrical methods. Camper is chiefly remembered for the 'facial angle' of his own invention"--Garrison-Morton 158 (1792 edition in German).
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