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Giovan Battista Della PortaDe Humana Physiognomonia1586
1586
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De Humana Physiognomonia - Libri IIII
Original Title: Io: Bap-tistae Portae Neapolitani. De Hum. Physiognomonia. Libri IIII. Ad Aloysium Card. Estensem
Vici Aequensis, Apud Iosephum Cacchium, 1586. Vol. In-4° / cm. 32x22
272 pp (typographic mystake for page 265 indicated as 272 an vice-versa)
Circulation: Rare First Edition
Format: In-4°
Pages: 272
Cover on ancient parchment, with title in ink (ancient calligraphy) on spine and “archivistic” decorations in leather and rope on same spine. Binding restored using original contemporary cover.
Frontispiece fully engraved with portrait of author within an imaginary composition; portrait of Cardinale d’Este, whom the work is dedicated to, follows with full page engraving.
Includes 85 engravings 4 of which full page, showing human physiognomies compared to animals’ in order to demonstrate the relationship between physical aspects and moral features.
Good and clean copy, in a nice state. Black stain on p. 97 and minor tear on p. 198. Some whitening on 3-4 pages which do no affect reading.
Rare first edition of a pillar of modern anthropology, and one of the most popular essays of Italian Renaissance, with important influence during the following 300 years.
First book to be printed in Vico Equense.
Ref. Mortimer II, 398; Durling 3720; Cicognara 2454.
- Creator:Giovan Battista Della Porta (1535 - 1615)
- Creation Year:1586
- Dimensions:Height: 12.6 in (32 cm)Width: 8.67 in (22 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Roma, IT
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