Les secrets merveilleux de la magie naturelle du petit Albert : tirés de l'ouvrage latin intitulé: Alberti Parvi Lucii, Libellus de mirabilibus naturae arcanis, et d'autres ecrivains philosophes. Enrichis de figures mystérieuses, d'astrologie, physionomie, etc., etc.
This is a French popular edition of the Little Albert grimoire of natural magic, published in Lyon in 1868 and drawn from a Latin treatise on secrets of nature, aimed at readers of occult and astrological lore. Its woodcut pictures show pairs of heads in profile, with the faces and headgear exaggerated in ways that suggest physiognomy, offering a designer ready material on character types, period hats, and confronting profile compositions.
