Lavater, Johann Kaspar

3 vols. in 5, large 4to (13 3/16 x 11 in.; 335 x 280 mm). 2 half-titles, 173 engraved plates, 364 engraved vignettes and text illustrations by Thomas Holloway, Fuseli, and William Blake; a few plates heavily browned or spotted. Early 19th-century maroon straight-grain morocco, gilt-ruled double-fillet frame with gilt and blind roll-tooled scrollwork and ferns, spines richly decorated in gilt, gilt edges, in a wooden slipcase; upper hinge of vol 1 loose with tear in backstrip, spines sunned, some wear to extremities.

See Garrison-Morton 154

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Second edition in English, and a very handsome set. Lavater (1741-1801) was a German poet and mystical writer. The present work, first published in German in 1772, is famous for it's splendid illustrations and vignettes, including some plates by William Blake. It was extremely influential in the history of psychiatry and of art.