Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, London, 1797, Vol. 1, Loaded with Engravings african basket you can almost read the

you can almost read the hand of cards held by the young man to nearest to the right of the tent

and also the ones I like tend to have really strong graphic appeal

Lace measures 9 5/8" long

and I believe dates from the 1930s

I really love a utilitarian box like this

Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, London, 1797, Vol. 1, Loaded with Engravings african basket you can almost read theThis 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