Lot n° 1211

Tractatus physiologicus de pulchritudine. Juxta ea quae de Sponsa in Canticis Canticorum mystice pronunciantur.

Estimation : 500 / 700
Adjudication : 450 €
Description
Only ed. of a curious physiological and mystical treatise on female beauty (i.a. an African woman) conceived as an examination of the female physiognomy and its correspondence to emotions, beauty, and to certain animal types. With engr. ill. on title & 20 engr. pls with 28 ills in text. "Singulier par la délicatesse de ses petites figures" (Charles Nodier).
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