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Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind
Author: Johann Caspar Lavater (Swiss, 1741–1801)
Engraved by: Thomas Holloway (English, 1748–1827)
Engraved by: William Blake (English, 1757–1827)
Engraved by: James Caldwall (English, 1739–1819)
Engraved by: J. Thornthwaite (English, born about 1740)
Engraved by: Anker Smith (English, 1759–1819)
Engraved by: James Neagle (English, worked in U.S., about 1769–1822)
Engraved by: Thomas Trotter (English, about 1750–1803)
Engraved by: William Sharp (English, 1749–1824)
Engraved by: John Hall (English, 1739–1797)
After: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (German, 1726–1801)
After: Henry Fuseli (Swiss, 1741–1825)
After: Charles Le Brun (French, 1619–1690)
Publisher: John Murray (English, 1737–1793)
Publisher: Henry Hunter (English, 1741–1802)
Publisher: Thomas Holloway (English, 1748–1827)
Engraved by: Thomas Holloway (English, 1748–1827)
Engraved by: William Blake (English, 1757–1827)
Engraved by: James Caldwall (English, 1739–1819)
Engraved by: J. Thornthwaite (English, born about 1740)
Engraved by: Anker Smith (English, 1759–1819)
Engraved by: James Neagle (English, worked in U.S., about 1769–1822)
Engraved by: Thomas Trotter (English, about 1750–1803)
Engraved by: William Sharp (English, 1749–1824)
Engraved by: John Hall (English, 1739–1797)
After: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (German, 1726–1801)
After: Henry Fuseli (Swiss, 1741–1825)
After: Charles Le Brun (French, 1619–1690)
Publisher: John Murray (English, 1737–1793)
Publisher: Henry Hunter (English, 1741–1802)
Publisher: Thomas Holloway (English, 1748–1827)
1789–98
Place of Publication: London, England
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with numerous engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol. [depth varies]): 35 x 29.3 x 4.5 cm (13 3/4 x 11 9/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hofer
Accession Number59.568a-e
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
London: John Murray, H. Hunter, and T. Holloway, 1789 [-1798]
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet III, 887; ESTC (RLIN): T139902; Ray, Illustrator and Book in England, 20; Keynes 102
Description(London: John Murray, H. Hunter, and T. Holloway, 1789[-1798]) Folio, three volumes in five; [v. 1] 155 leaves, plus plates; [v. 2 (pt. 1)] 125 ll., plus pls.; [v. 3 (v. 2, pt. 2)] 103 ll., plus pls.; [v. 4 ( v. 3, pt. 1)] 136 ll., plus pls.; [v. 5 (v. 3, pt. 2)] 102 ll., plus pls.; contemporary gilt-stamped greenish calf [rebacked? in gilt-stamped black morocco].
Scientific portraits, diagrams, and details of human physiognomy; portraits of actual persons.
First edition of this translation, by Henry Hunter, but supervised by Fuseli. Originally issued in 41 parts, from 1788 to 1799. The three volumes are dated 1789, 1792, and 1798. There are other engravers in addition to those cited who participated in the project. The title page specifies "upward of eight hundred engravings," but the Errata at the end of the third volume states this was mistaken. The three engravings by William Blake are located in vol. 1, a plate facing p. 159, and two vignettes on pp. 206 and 225. There are several engravings after Fuseli (e.g., vol. 3, pp. 280-94).
Scientific portraits, diagrams, and details of human physiognomy; portraits of actual persons.
First edition of this translation, by Henry Hunter, but supervised by Fuseli. Originally issued in 41 parts, from 1788 to 1799. The three volumes are dated 1789, 1792, and 1798. There are other engravers in addition to those cited who participated in the project. The title page specifies "upward of eight hundred engravings," but the Errata at the end of the third volume states this was mistaken. The three engravings by William Blake are located in vol. 1, a plate facing p. 159, and two vignettes on pp. 206 and 225. There are several engravings after Fuseli (e.g., vol. 3, pp. 280-94).
ProvenancePhilip [1898-1984] and Frances Hofer, Cambridge, by whom given to MFA, September 17, 1959.