![LE BRUN, Charles (1619-1690). Heads representing the various Passions of the Soul; as they are expressed in the Human Countenance. London, [not before 1801].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/NYR/2013_NYR_02781_0796_000(le_brun_charles_heads_representing_the_various_passions_of_the_soul_as073009).jpg?w=1)
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LE BRUN, Charles (1619-1690). Heads representing the various Passions of the Soul; as they are expressed in the Human Countenance. London, [not before 1801].
4o. Engraved title and 20 plates by D. Lizars printed in sanguine and amber à la poupée, paper watermarked "C S 1801". (Some staining.) 19th-century half morocco. Provenance: Herbert Weir Smyth; acquired from Goodspeed's Book Shop, 1987.
Printed in two colors using the same technique as Piranesi's Il Guercino (1764). Le Brun's work had been printed in various earlier formats. The present edition was engraved by Daniel Lizars, father of William Home Lizars, engraver of the early plates in Audubon's Birds of America. Each image is set above a descriptive text that describes the physiological attributes of the various emotions represented: sadness, rapture, pain, despair, etc. Not in BMC.
4o. Engraved title and 20 plates by D. Lizars printed in sanguine and amber à la poupée, paper watermarked "C S 1801". (Some staining.) 19th-century half morocco. Provenance: Herbert Weir Smyth; acquired from Goodspeed's Book Shop, 1987.
Printed in two colors using the same technique as Piranesi's Il Guercino (1764). Le Brun's work had been printed in various earlier formats. The present edition was engraved by Daniel Lizars, father of William Home Lizars, engraver of the early plates in Audubon's Birds of America. Each image is set above a descriptive text that describes the physiological attributes of the various emotions represented: sadness, rapture, pain, despair, etc. Not in BMC.