Essai sur la physiognomonie : destiné a faire connoître l'homme & à le faire aimer
Lavater's 1781 French physiognomy treatise, printed at The Hague, is a study of facial character meant to make readers know and love mankind. Its engraved profile portraits, shown in strict side view with wigs, bare or tied hair, and heavy or lean features, are plain contour drawings that a designer could use for character studies or typographic figure-ground work.
