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Essays on Physiognomy

Johann Caspar Lavater's 1775–1778 illustrated treatise arguing that facial features reveal character — the most widely read scientific-theological work of the late 18th century — translated into English and French and directly influencing Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and 19th century racial science.

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