John Caspar Lavater — Aphorisms on Man Translated from the Original Manuscript

London, T Bensley; J Johnson, 1789. Leather. A beautiful copy of this scarce, English translation of John Caspar Lavater's 'Aphorisms on Man&apos. The second edition, with an illustrated frontispiece by seminal Romantic figure, William Blake. This work comprises of 633 aphorisms by John Casper Lavater. William Blake was known to annotate and translate Lavater's aphorisms in 1788, where he noted that number 30 was an excellent example of an aphorism; 'Who, under pressing temptations to lie, adheres to truth, nor to the profane betrays aught of a sacred trust, is near the summit of wisdom and virtue&apos. The frontispiece of this work is by Blake, who was an English poet, painter and printmaker. ESTC no. T137191 The ESTC notes that A second volume of the "Vermischte unphysiognomische" was published in 1788, but was not translated into English. Therefore, the final page concludes, correctly, 'End of Vol 1.' Lavater was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher and printmaker. He is better known for his physiognomy writings, In a full tree calf binding. Rebacked with expert repairs to the extremities. Externally, smart. Just some light patches of rubbing to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and very clean. Small chip to the head of title page. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .