Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, London, 1797, Vol. 1, Loaded with Engravings made in India dating to the Civil War

dating  to the Civil War era

Made of a crepe-type fabric

and its boldness in red and tan

85 Piazza di Spagna on reverse

And hard not to start talking in a  Cookie Monster voice and breaking into song when I look at it

Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, London, 1797, Vol. 1, Loaded with Engravings made in India dating to the Civil WarThis is a very rare 1797 first edition English translation (published in London) of Johann Kaspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy Calculated to Extend the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind" volume one (of four volumes.) Lavater (1741 1801) was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, theologian, and physiognomist, credited with being the first to introduce the idea that physiognomy related to the specific character traits of individuals, rather than