Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, London, 1797, Vol. 1, Loaded with Engravings made in India 85 Piazza di Spagna on

85 Piazza di Spagna on reverse

and each piece in the set is wonderfully unique

near-horizontal branch coming in from the right is of a very old Oak

dating  to the Civil War era

And hard not to start talking in a  Cookie Monster voice and breaking into song when I look at it

Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, London, 1797, Vol. 1, Loaded with Engravings made in India 85 Piazza di Spagna onThis is a very rare 1797 first edition English translation (published in London) of Johann Kaspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy Calculated to Extend the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind" volume one (of four volumes.) Lavater (1741 1801) was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, theologian, and physiognomist, credited with being the first to introduce the idea that physiognomy related to the specific character traits of individuals, rather than