Resemblances: Amazing Faces by Charles Le Brun (A Harlin Quist Book) [Physiognomy]
- Paperback
- New York: A Harlin Quist Book (Dial / Delacorte), 1980
New York: A Harlin Quist Book (Dial / Delacorte), 1980. First printing. Paperback. Very good +. Slim quarto [28 cm] Light wear and toning to wraps. From the Introduction-
"Le Brun's physiognomy studies are an offshoot of man's continuing fascination with the congruities that can be found between human and animal 'faces' and our seemingly irresistible desire to equate physical features with personality.
"After all, don't many of us really believe that we can tell a person's character by just looking at him or her?
"Le Brun's physiognomy studies are an offshoot of man's continuing fascination with the congruities that can be found between human and animal 'faces' and our seemingly irresistible desire to equate physical features with personality.
"After all, don't many of us really believe that we can tell a person's character by just looking at him or her?