Lot no. 115
PORTA (G. B. Della). LA FISONOMIA DELL' HUOMO ET LA CELESTE...Con la Fisonomia Naturale di Monsignor Giovanni Ingegneri, di Polemone, di Adamantio, & il Discorso di Livio Agrippa sopra la Natura, & Complessione Humana,
Venice, Nicolo Pezzana, 1668.
In-4° of [8]-579 (misf. 591) pages, vellum (antique binding).
A handsome Venetian edition decorated with numerous woodcuts in which the features of the human figure are compared with those of animals. This edition is based on the 1644 edition, to which Ciro Spontone's Metoposcopy and the 36 accompanying woodcuts have been added. Copy faded, endpapers missing, internally fresh.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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