Tractatus physiologicus de pulchritudine. Juxta ea quae de Sponsa in Canticis Canticorum mystice pronunciantur.

8vo : [8]-60-[4] pp. (minor spotting).

Sewn, blue wr. Good uncut copy.

Only ed. of a curious physiological and mystical treatise on female beauty, structured as a commentary on the Song of Songs, but also conceived as an examination of the female physiognomy and its correspondence to emotions, beauty, and to certain animal types. With engr. ill. on title & 20 engr. pls with 28 ills in text. "Singulier par la délicatesse de ses petites figures" (Charles Nodier). Ref. STCV. - Opac KBR. - Funck 405. - Gay/Lemonnyer III, 1228. - BL. - Not in BnF.