Compendio della cefalogia fisonomica nella quale si contiene cento sonetti di diversi eccellenti poeti sopra cento teste humane.

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Lot 37

GHIRADELLI, CORNELIO

Compendio della cefalogia fisonomica nella quale si contiene cento sonetti di diversi eccellenti poeti sopra cento teste humane.

Engraved title page, portrait of the author and with scores of woodcut portraits in the text displaying the facial features discussed in the following chapter. Contemporary vellum-backed boards, lightly worn. 4to.

Bologna: G. Recaldini, 1673

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $100

Fascinating work on the pseudo-science of physiognomy, both male and female.