Thomas holcroft transl (2 risultati)

Three-Quarter Leather. Condizione: Very Good ++. Ninth edition 1855.Three quarter dark brown leather with marbled paper covers and marbled paste downs and flyleaves. Five raised bands with six compartments with gilt title and five gilt decorated compartments. All edges gilt. Light rubbing to paper edges of covers. 81 plates to include frontispiece. A very clean and tight copy with no marks or inscriptions.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+ condition. Ninth Edition. Octavo. cxxviii, 507 (1)pp., 81 plates, incl. frontispiece. Original three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt ruling on covers, gilt lettering on red leather label and gilt tooling and ruling on spine; raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece portrait engraving. Added is "One Hundred Physiognomonical Rules," a posthumous work by Lavater, and "Memoirs of the Life of the Author." "The revision, which will be found at the conclusion of the work, relates to this particular edition of the Physiognomical Fragments of Mr. Lavater, which was published under the inspection of his friend, John Michael Armbruster, in octavo, for the benefit of those who could not afford to purchase the quarto edition. The editor, Armbruster, has changed the order of the fragments, and has omitted some few superfluous passages." (Thomas Holcroft). Illustrated with eighty engraved plates and the frontispiece engraving of Lavater by Holl. Ninth edition with upwards of four hundred profiles, and other engravings. Contains descriptive list of engravings and index at rear. Some light wear along edges of binding with some scuffs on leather, and vertical streak on marbled paper of back cover. Previous owner's name inked to verso of frontispiece. Some damp-staining on first few pages and minor sporadic foxing in block. …