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Fisiognomica - Della Porta, Giovan Battista

On the Physiognomy of Man, 1615

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Vicenza, for Pietro Paolo Tozzi, 1615. In 4°. Full parchment binding with a label bearing the author and title on the spine. Sprayed cuts in red. Woodcut vignette on the title page. Woodcut coat of arms of the dedicatee, Paolo Frassinelli, on the verso of f. a1. Woodcut portraits on f. a3v and b4v. Dedication dated 1613. The volume is accompanied by several woodcuts within the text. Light browning, restorations, ink marks. Some pages are slightly trimmed. Fs. 151-152 have been omitted in the numbering.
Also includes Natural Physiognomy of Monsignor Giovanni Ingegneri with its own frontispiece.

Specialist Notes

Second Italian edition of this classic of physiognomy. Cfr. Caillet 8857; Cicognara 2459; Choix 13519; Krivatsky 9185 (Venetian edition of 1615); Piantanida 2239, Wellcome I, 5201.

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