La physionomie humaine de Iean Baptiste Porta neapolitain, divisée en quatre liures : enrichie de quantité de figures tirées au naturel, ou par les signes exterieurs du corps, on voit si clairement la complexion, les mœurs, & les desseins des hommes, qu'on semble penetrer iusques au plus profond de leurs ames ...
A 1655 French edition of Giambattista della Porta's treatise on physiognomy, translated and printed in Rouen by the Berthelin brothers for readers interested in judging character from facial and bodily features. The woodcuts pair human profiles with animal heads, and a designer could take from them the habit of setting a face beside its animal counterpart to show a comparison of character.
