A practical and familiar view of the science of physiognomy / compiled chiefly from the papers of the late Mr. T. Cooke, of Manchester, with a memoir and observations on the temperaments. By the editor.
A physiognomy treatise compiled by the editor from the papers of Thomas Cooke of Manchester, printed in London in 1819, for readers interested in reading character from facial features. The pictures are profile head studies in line drawing and silhouette, each labelled with a temperament such as phlegmatic, with a designer able to draw on their simple contour and caricatured profile forms.
