Essai Sur La Physiognomonie Destiné, A faire Connoître l'Homme & à le faire Aimer: Essai Sur La Physiognomie, Destiné A faire Connoître l'Homme & à le faire Aimer; Troisième Partie
Lavater's 1786 French physiognomy treatise, the third part of his Essai sur la physiognomonie, was issued in Europe with engraved portraits of men in profile to teach readers to judge character from facial features. Its pictures are small, tightly drawn engravings of heads with wigs, collars and coats, showing how profile outlines, brows and noses were used as character signs a designer could adapt for period portrait formats.
