Essays on physiognomy; calculated to extend the knowledge and the love of mankind
Lavater's 1797 London English edition of Essays on Physiognomy, a treatise on reading character from facial features, published by H.D. Symonds for a general readership interested in the subject. The plates are engraved studies of heads in profile, eyes, and expressions, many showing the same face in several views, and a designer could draw on their clear contour lines and the way exaggerated features signal emotion.
