Della fisonomia dell'huomo
Della fisonomia dell'huomo is a 1613 Italian treatise on physiognomy by Giambattista della Porta, printed in Padua by Pietro Paolo Tozzi and Pasquati's press for scholars interested in reading character from faces. The pictures are framed woodcuts that pair human bodies, faces and profiles with animal heads and creatures, a comparison method a designer could borrow for character studies, anatomy-based caricature or hybrid figures.
