Scarce 1791 LAVATER Hand-Colored Folio Engraving: PORTRAITS OF DEER & ANTELOPES

Description: Rare 1820 Hand-Colored Folio Copper-Plate Engraving from: E S S A Y SON P H Y S I O G N O M Y DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE LOVE OF MANKIND BYJ O H N C A S P A R L A V A T E R This superb hand-colored engraving of portraits of the faces of deer & antelopes originates from John Caspar Lavater's epic work on Physiognomy, which aside from its subject & theories, had striking, famous engravings by important artists, including William Blake. About the Volumes: The full title of this work translated from the German Physiognomische Fragmente to English to 'Essays on Physiognomy, designed to promote the knowledge and love of mankind illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings executed by, or under the inspection of, Thomas Holloway.The work is a classic pseudo-scientific analysis of the human face and its relation to inner character. It is highly valued for its engraved illustrations by Henry Fuseli, Daniel Chodowiecki, Thomas Holloway, Francesco Bartolozzi, and William Blake.The fame of this work, which found admirers in France and England as well as Germany, rested largely upon the handsome style of publication and the accompanying illustrations. These engravings were raged about in England at the time, many of them are quite striking & expressive images, & include a serious of animals, of which I'm listing a collected grouping. About the Artist:This one isn't signed in the plate but could be by Johann Rudolph Schellenberg (1740 – 1806), a Swiss artist, writer and entomologist best known for his illustrations of insects. During his career he performed illustrative work for Johann Heinrich Sulzer, Johannes Gessner, Johann Kaspar Lavater and Johann Kaspar Füssli. He illustrated a number of entomological works. The municipal library in Winterthur has about 4000 of his insect watercolors. About the Author: Johann Kaspar (or Caspar) Lavater (1741 – 1801) was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian. Lavater was born in Zürich, and was educated at the Gymnasium there.Lavater is most well known for This work in the field of physiognomy, Physiognomische Fragmente zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntnis und Menschenliebe, published between 1775 and 1778. He introduced the idea that physiognomy related to the specific character traits of individuals, rather than general types.Lavater is attributed with catalysing a golden age for silhouettes through this work in physiognomy. According to him, the character of a person could be elucidated through examining their “lines of countenance”. About the Plate:Every part of these prints was made by hand: Hand drawn & engraved on Copper or steel which was hand-mined, smelted & rolled, printed onto handmade cotton rag paper, inked & colored with hand-ground pigments individually by hand, & they were usually hand sewn into handmade leather-bound books. It is very rare to find plates from this work from the full-sized folio version, & I've almost never seen them hand-colored like these. Condition:Appears to be in very good to excellent condition for a centuries-old engraving. The hand-coloring appears sharp & brilliant. Some age-toning character for a print this old. Some faint minor foxing at top. A very clean plate as these go. Please peruse the detailed photos. These prints are very old & may have minor imperfections expected with age, such as some typical age-toning of the paper, oxidation of the old original watercolors, spots, text-offsetting, artifacts from having been bound into a book, etc. Please examine the photos & details carefully.Text Page(s): This one comes without original text page(s). I've included a scan of a title page from one of the volumes/editions for reference, it's not part of this listing Size: 12-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches approximately. Combined Shipping: Yes! Multiple prints can be combine into one Priority Mail package. Larger prints may need to be shipped in tube. eBay should auto-combine your items if you put all of your selections into your shopping cart & check out all together as one order. If you purchase them individually, eBay charges shipping on each. If you're assessed multiple shipping charges for one combined package, I will endeavor to refund any overage asap. For International Combined Shipping through eBay's International Shipping Program, Please Note: At the moment, I've been offering eBay's International Shipping Program. This new shipping program has some advantages since they manage the customs forms, etc. But it apparently has some bugs, It won't allow me to refund shipping overages for individual purchases. So please note: The only way their international shipping program allows combined shipping, is if you put all the items in your cart & check out at once. Otherwise it requires me to ship each item separately in it's own package with its own label. Ebay's International Shipping doesn't allow 'Best Offer' for combined shipping since 'best-offer' requires individual checkout, which then can't be combined in this program (I don't get it either...). So if shipping multiple items in one package is important, the only way it works in eBay's International Shipping Program is if you load them all into your cart, without best-offer, & check out at once. If I accept a best offer for international buyers, the items won't be able to be combined for one shipping cost... Insurance: USPS Priority Mail typically insures a Priority Mail package or envelope for a maximum of $100. If the value of your combined purchase goes over that, I may not always be able to absorb this cost, they do allow me to add the additional insurance cost to cover the additional value. I do pack very carefully. In the extremely rare case that USPS damages anything in transit, the best way to be refunded for your purchase is to actually take your physical package to the Post Office & file a claim, but I'll do my best to help ~ Thanks for Visiting!

Price: 89 USD

Location: Great Barrington, Massachusetts

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