LAVATER, Johann Kaspar (1741-1801, poet and physiognomist). Autograph letter signed ('Johann Kaspar Lavater Pfarrer') to the theologian Christian Gotthilf Hermann, Zurich, 11 March 1797, thanking Hermann for a journal, which he promises to bring to the attention of his friends in Switzerland, praising its policy of signed reviews ('Die Idée -- daß jeder Rezensent seinen Namen beÿsetze, gefällt mir sehr. Dadurch wird ... die Tÿrannie der Anonÿmität verdrängt', one page, 4to, integral address panel, remnant of seal (seal tear with loss to upper margin, not touching text, some spotting).

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LAVATER, Johann Kaspar (1741-1801, poet and physiognomist). Autograph letter signed ('Johann Kaspar Lavater Pfarrer') to the theologian Christian Gotthilf Hermann, Zurich, 11 March 1797, thanking Hermann for a journal, which he promises to bring to the attention of his friends in Switzerland, praising its policy of signed reviews ('Die Idée -- daß jeder Rezensent seinen Namen beÿsetze, gefällt mir sehr. Dadurch wird ... die Tÿrannie der Anonÿmität verdrängt', one page, 4to, integral address panel, remnant of seal (seal tear with loss to upper margin, not touching text, some spotting).

Lavater is perhaps best known now for his handsomely-produced work on physiognomy, Physiognomische Fragmente zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntnis und Menschenliebe (1775-78).

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