Lettres philosophiques sur les physionomies / [Anon].
A French philosophical treatise on physiognomy printed in La Haye by J. Neaulme in 1748, anonymous and aimed at a learned readership interested in character read from faces. The pictures are printed ornaments: a fleuron-topped border, cross-shaped and rosette-based florals, a striped band with starbursts and scrolls, and a letterpress title with a small flower frieze, useful for borders, dividers and eighteenth-century decorative framing.
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