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<dl><dd>[4], 265, that is, 272 pages : 34 cm</dd>
<dd>This is one of the first works on the ancient "science" of physiognomy to be extensively illustrated</dd>
<dd>Engraved title page with portrait of author</dd>
<dd>The original engraved illustration on page 195 has been covered over by another</dd>
<dd>Signatures: **² A-2L⁴; G2 missigned F2</dd>
<dd>Errors in pagination: page 12 omitted; page 14 repeated; pages 92, 93, 218, 223, 265, 272 misnumbered as 86, 83, 223, 218, 272, 265 respectively</dd>
<dd>NLM Copy 1, ms. annotations in ink on page 106</dd>
<dd>NLM Copy 2, imperfect: engraved title page wanting, supplied in photocopy from Copy 1</dd>
<dd>Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm</dd>
<dd>NLM Copy 1, armorial bookplates of Nicolai Joseph Foucault and Comte de Sinéty (motto "Virtute Nitet"; engraved by Silvain Guillot); NLM Copy 2, inscription and markings on flyleaf, ownership stamp at foot of Leaf **2v</dd>
<dd>NLM Copy 1, bound in full modern brown morocco; NLM Copy 2, bound in full modern brown morocco with marbled endpapers</dd>
<dd>Condition reviewed 20181127</dd>
<dd>digitized. 2019</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Physiognomy</div>
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Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615, author</div>
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