Bidspirit auction | GHIRADELLI, CORNELIO

GHIRADELLI, CORNELIO - Compendio della cefalogia fisonomica nella quale si contiene cento sonetti di diversi eccellenti poeti sopra cento teste humane. Engraved title page, portrait of the author and with scores of woodcut portraits in the text displaying the facial features discussed in the following chapter. Contemporary vellum-backed boards, lightly worn. 4to. Bologna: G. Recaldini, 1673 Fascinating work on the pseudo-science of physiognomy, both male and female.