PORTA (Jean Baptiste). La physionomie humaine. Rouen, Berthelin, 1555; large in-8 (172 x 111 mm), contemporary vellum. First French edition. It is illustrated with "numerous woodcuts in which the features of the human figure are compared with those of animals" (Bibliotheca esoterica no. 3736). This work was a huge success and inspired Lavater in the following century. A fine copy in contemporary vellum. Some dampstaining.