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‎Physiognomy‎

‎De Humana Physiognomonia...Libri IIII: Qvi ab extimis, quæ in hominum corporibus conspiciuntur signis, ita eorum naturas, mores & consilia (egregiis ad viuum expressis Iconibus) demonstrant, vt intimos animi recessus penetrare videantur. Nunc ab innum... - [RENAISSANCE PHYSIOGNOMY]‎

‎Hanoviæ (Hannover), G. Antonium, impensis Petri Fischeri Fr.( Frankfurt), 1593. 8vo. (17x12 cm.). Contemporary full vellum. Title with woodcut printer's device. (16), 534, (55) pp. 2 large woodcut portraits (verso of title-page and verso of last leaf in first quire) and numerous woodcuts in the text, depicting human and animal physiognomies. Title-page a bit soiled and a cut in lower right corner (no loss). 3 leaves in Index repaired in lower right corners with loss of a few letters. Otherwise a fine and well-preserved copy.‎

‎The rare second edition (being the first edition printed in Germany) of Porta's seminal work, the richly and well-illustrated ""Physiognomia"", which is considered the founding work on Physiognomy. Giambattista della Porta was an immensely influential Renaissance thinker, scientist and writer, who contributed greatly to the intellectual era of the Renaissance. His groundbreaking work on physiognomies was originally printed in Italy in 1586 and was planned to appear in a second edition in Italy in 1593, but his work had attracted the attention of the Inquisition, and the printing of the work was prohibited. Thus the rare second edition appeared in Germany in 1593, and after 1600, numerous more editions of the work began to appear. He published his last work in 1610.Porta played a seminal role in the development of the academies of the late Renaissance, and he himself established the Accademia dei Segreti (Academia Secretorum Naturae) some time prior to 1580. It met in Porta's house in Naples, and it was devoted to discussion and study of the secrets of nature. It is thus no surprise that he was examined by the Inquisition - this was probably not only due to his astonishing work on the correspondence between the external form of the body and the internal character of the person (the ""Physignomonia""), but also because of the ""dangerous"" activities of his academy. The academy was thus closed by the Inquisition, and in 1592 all further publication of his works was prohibited. This ban was not lifted until 1598. His academy was a forerunner of the important ""Academia dei Lincei"" which was founded in Rome by Federico Cesi in 1603, and which Porta himself joined in 1610. Apart from the founder Cesi, Porta was the most influential member, at least until Galilei joined it in 1611.In his seminal ""De Humana Physiognomia"", Porta sets out to establish a link, in accordance with the prevailing theories of correspondences, between the external form of bodies and the expressions of faces and the psychology of persons by comparing with animal trades. In numerous expressive woodcuts throughout the work, human characters are depicted in comparison with animal counterparts (mammals, birds, etc.). Though credited with having priority in inventing the telescope (due to book XVII, on refraction, of his ""Magiae Naturalis, 1589, and his work on concave and convex lenses, De Refractione, 1593), Porta's world image was fundamentally a magical one, as was typical of many Renaissance scientists and thinkers (e.g. Pico della Mirandola). His system of spiritualistic metaphysics led him to draw interesting and later influential analogies between plants, animals and men, and he saw the same shapes, humours etc. in organisms that at a first glance are not related. This created the foundation of his main physiognomic work, and in it he draws interesting parallels between human and animal shapes and physiognomies, throughout documenting this with illustrations.This could perhaps sound as a fanciful work, but in fact he presents a striking and convincing system which should and would not be dismissedPorta's studies in physiognomy became a main inspiration for Johann Kaspar Lavater in the 18th century. ""Della Porta preceeded Lavater in attempting to estimate human characters by the features. He was the founder of physiognomy, and this is one of the earliest works on the subject."" (Garrison & Morton).Giovanni Battista Della Porta, as he was also known, was born around 1535 and died in 1615, which dates him amidst The Scientific Revolution and Reformation. He was an Italian scholar, scientist, natural philosopher and playwright from Naples, who came to influence Renaissance thought in a number of ways. ""His devotion to experiment and his study of mathematics brought him in the 1580's to the verge of greatness, but he was soon overwhelmed again by the lure of the occult and the marvelous. Perhaps Porta's most compelling virtue and weakness was this youthful enthusiasm for the things of nature. There is a joy in his studies that not even the fatigue of working on the telescope and parabolic mirrors could diminish."" (DSB XI:98).Graesse V: p.417. - Adams P:1925. - Brunet IV:826. - Garrison & Morton No. 150 (1586-edition).‎

‎Physician, physiognomy, hand-delivered, astrological predictions. Monthly or ete‎

‎Physician, physiognomy, hand-delivered, astrological predictions. Monthly or eternal calendar, collected and printed with a lot of useful and curious information from Pench Radov, Karlovets, and published with an addendum from Andrei Anastasov Resenets. Edition six. Kyiv. In the printing house of E. Y. Fedorov. 1871. 163, 113, 1 c. 24x17 in a case, 23x16 cm/Vrachovnik, fiziognomiya, vrutseleto, astrologicheskie predskazaniya. Mesyatseslov ili kalendar' vechnyy, sobran i nareden s mnogo polezny i lyubopytny neshcha ot Pencha Radova, Karlovtsa, a izdan s dopolneniya ot Andreya Anastasova Resenetsa. Izdanie shestoe. Kiev. V tipografii E. Ya. Fedorova. 1871. 163, 113, 1 c. 24x17 v futlyare, 23x16 sm Short description: Physician, physiognomy, hand-delivered, astrological predictions. Monthly or eternal calendar, collected and printed with a lot of useful and curious information from Pench Radov, Karlovets, and published with an addendum from Andrei Anastasov Resenets. Edition six. Kyiv. In the printing house of E. Y. Fedorov. 1871. 163, 113, 1 c. 24x17 in a case, 23x16 cm We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUbd-9b076a89dd78dc24‎

‎Papyrus. Chiromanticism physiognomy astrology and mysterious bondage. 3 parts.‎

‎Papyrus. Chiromanticism physiognomy astrology and mysterious bondage. 3 parts. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Papyus. Khiromantiya fiziognomiya astrologiya i tainstvennaya kabalistika. 3 chasti. M Typography by I.P.Malysheva. 1897-1898. 349 p.: il. Format-18x13 sm. SKUalbab335dc83bb7d09b.‎

‎Anzimirova M. N. (Maran) Causes of a womans moral physiognomy. In Russian /Anzi‎

‎Anzimirova M. N. (Maran) Causes of a womans moral physiognomy. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Anzimirova M. N. (Maran) Prichiny nravstvennoy fizionomii zhenshchiny. Historical Essay with an Appendix Review of Articles on Womens Issues. St. Petersburg Electric Print 1901 IV and 294 and 2. St. Petersburg Electric Print 1901 IV and 294 and 2. Content: A General View of the Past. Coquetcy. Hindu Religion. Hindu Laws. China. Egypt. A Brief Essay on the Status of Women in Other Peoples. Greece. Comments. Rome. Chaldei. An Overview of Womens Perspectives. Maria Nikolaevna Anzimirova (1831-1912) a nobleman nee Litke (niece of Count Fedor Litke) a Russian feminist writer author of books (Woman and Her Destiny 1896. Reasons for Moral Emancipation etc.) The Book on Womens Emancipatio. SKUalb280ca6cbc23cbe62.‎

‎The pocket Lavater, or the science of physiognomy : to which is added, an inquiry into the analogy existing between brute and human physiognomy, from the italian of porta.‎

‎ New-York, Van Winkle & Wiley, 1817. In-12 rel., demi basane vert olive, dos lisse orné de doubles filets dorés, titre doré, papier vieux-rose sur les plats ; V-140 pp., 1 portrait-front., 34 pl. de portraits gravés, (manque la pl. n° XX). ‎

‎Ce pasteur zurichois est l'inventeur de la "physiogonomie", permettant à partir de l'étude des traits du visage d'une personne de déterminer son caractère. Reliure un peu défraîchie, rousseurs aux planches, qq. unes cependant sont épargnées, l'ex. reste correct. - Frais de port : -France 4,95 € -U.E. 9 € -Monde (z B : 15 €) (z C : 25 €) ‎