Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 953

PETRUS CAMPER (1722-1789) Discours . . . sur le moyen de représenter d'une mannière 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 physiq Chez B. Wild et J. Altheer 1792 [4] viii, 107 pp., 11 plates (4 fold.). 26.4 cm.

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This French edition was published by his son, Adriaan Gilles Camper (1759-1820), three years after Camper's death and was translated by Denis Bernard Quatremere d'Isjonval (1754-1830). "The French translation contains copies from the original plates" (Choulant-Frank, p. 286).

Cited references: Choulant-Frank, p. 286; Waller 1724; Wellcome II, p. 293

Gift of John Martin, M.D.