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[VERY LOW RESERVED PRICE] George Gessner - The Life of Jan Kasper Lavater (...( - Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1802/1805 - 4 volumes in 4 bindings - first and only edition - portrait + xii + (4) + 437 / xvi + (4) + 478 / (4) + ii + (2) + 374 / vi + 366 pp. - original half-sheepskin bindings; spines provided with title slips - 23 x 15 cm Condition: fine / excellent - very neat original bindings (as new!); very neat, compact and sturdy blocks (as new!); very neat, fresh and white pages! (only in one part small light (spot of) moisture marks in lower margin, otherwise very neat, clean and fresh paper!). Complete. [WITH] N.N. - Nagelaten werken van J.C. Lavater (...) - Amsterdam, G. van Dijk, 1826 - first and only edition - portrait + x + 334 pp. - original half-sheepskin binding; spine provided with title slip - 23 x 15 cm Condition: new! - binding, block and paper as new! No spots or marks, very neat, very fresh and very white paper! Complete. Equipped with a [EXTRA] loose portrait of J.C. Lavater. Total thus 2 portraits! With ex-libris of J. Vermeer VDM from Zwolle. Very scarce set, rarely offered. Especially the work 'Nagelaten werken' is very rare and almost not/ nowhere available! Collectors-item! [VERY LOW RESERVED PRICE] Biography of Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801), Swiss philosopher, preacher and poet in Zurich, who became famous for his writings on physiognomy, the science of reading a person’s appearance, especially the face.

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