77/1927 [Physiognomy]. Camper, P. Discours sur le moyen de répresenter d'une manière sûre les diverses passions qui se manifestent sur le visage; sur l'étonnante conformité qui existe entre les quadrupèdes, les oiseaux, les poissons et l'homme; et enfin sur le beau physique. Ed. A.G. Camper. Utr., B. Wild and J. Altheer, 1792, (4),VIII,107p., engr. frontisp. portrait, 11 (fold.) plates, contemp. gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Upper joint splitting and w. a few wormholes. A fine copy.

= Nissen, ZBI 799. Petrus Camper (1722-1789), anatomist and naturalist, was educated at the university of Leyden, and graduated in philosophy and medicine in 1746. He was professor of medicine, anatomy and surgery at the universities of Franeker, Groningen and Amsterdam.