L'arte de conoscere gli uomini : il piccolo Lavater e Dottor Gall
An 1865 Milan physiognomy and phrenology primer by Alexandre David, published by Francesco Pagoni, presenting the face and skull-shape theories of Lavater and Gall to general readers. The four profile engravings show men's heads in side view with the ear, brow, nose and lips set out in outline, and the skull drawn as a bare dome; a designer could take from them a clean, schematic approach to profile diagrams and labelled anatomical head studies.
