Lot no. 48
DUCHENNE DE BOULOGNE. MECANISME DE LA PHYSIONOMIE HUMAINE OU ANALYSE ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGIQUE DE L'EXPRESSION DES PASSIONS...
Paris, Baillière, 1876.
In-4° of 12-67-1bl.-from V to XI-1bl.-196 pages, half burgundy morocco, spine ribbed (period binding).
A renowned work, this second edition contains the original proofs of the famous photographs taken by Duchesne de Boulogne himself. It is illustrated with a frontispiece showing the author experimenting on a subject and 9 plates showing 144 FIGURES OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS triggered by electrical stimulation. The pagination jumps from 125 to 129 without missing. Scattered brown spots.
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