BOUND IN WHITE CALF PORTA, Giambattista della.
De humana physiognomonia … libri IIII; qui ab extimis, quae in hominum corporibus conspiciuntur signis, ita eorum naturas, mores et consilia (egregiis ad vivum expressis iconibus) demonstrant, ut intimos animi recessus penetrare videantur … primumque in Germania in lucem editi …
The second Latin edition and the first to be published in Germany of this richly illustrated work on physiognomy by the Italian polymath Giambattista della Porta (1535–1615), a beautiful copy in strictly contemporary German white calf.
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